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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.

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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do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429
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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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