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I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
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A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way — that is wisdom.
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I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.
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My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.
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Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.
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Characters are born from necessity.
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To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.
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The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.
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I need no master to punish me in order to behave as I ought. If I did, I would be no more than a child who obeys his father's rules only because he fears the whip, and not because he actually means good.
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When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.
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When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side
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Find peace in where and what you are.
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You cannot miss what you have never had.
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It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
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Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.
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Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, BAH! just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway.
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Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis
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I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.
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Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.
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Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him
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m doing my best no,this isn't your best. We shall recognize your best when it appears
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