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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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