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He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
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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It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.
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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
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Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters.
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A true warrior does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to. A man who yearns for war, a man who enjoys his killing, he is a brute and a monster. No matter how much glory he wins on the battlefield, that cannot erase the fact that he is no better than a rabid wolf who will turn on his friends and family as soon as his foes.
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A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
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I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.
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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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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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Let's drop rocks on them!
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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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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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m doing my best no,this isn't your best. We shall recognize your best when it appears
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Of course you like him everyone enjoys flattery.
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Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.
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I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.
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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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Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.
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