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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.
Christopher Paolini
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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
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On the beach, Roran stood alone, watching them go. Then he threw back his head and uttered a long, aching cry, and the night echoed with the sound of his loss.
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Your troubles will always bve my troubles,so long as were married.
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Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
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Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.
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But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other miseries stalk the land. If this is the handiwork of divine beings, then they are to be rebelled against and overthrown, not given obeisance, obedience, and reverance.
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...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from Eragon
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Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
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