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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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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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It's better to ask forgiveness than permission. - Brom
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I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.
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Ajihad: You are an enigma, Eragon, a quandary that no one knows how to solve.
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It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
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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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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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Though they live far from the coast, they retain a great fascination and passion for the ocean. The sound of crashing waves, the smell of salt air, it affects them deeply and has inspired many of their lovliest songs. There is one that tells of this love, if you want to hear it.
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If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm
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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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To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.
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Because you can't argue with all the fools in the world. It's easier to let them have their way, then trick them when they're not paying attention.
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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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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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Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion language could not contain it.
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Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They'll not be able to once you lop off their heads.
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Let's drop rocks on them!
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If he fancied her anymore, Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself. Saphira! Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.
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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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