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When I saw Fäolin fall, I understood then that the true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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Don't defoul the air. It ill becomes you. - Oromis
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The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
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The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.
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Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon' if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework - I wouldn't have had the time to write.
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It’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they’ll bite your hand first chance they get.
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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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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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He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.
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Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.
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With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.
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They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.
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Eragon looked back at him, confused. I don't understand. Of course you don't, said Brom impatiently. That's why I'm teaching you and not the other way around.
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You cannot miss what you have never had.
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It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.
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It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.
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...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.
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