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No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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Christopher James Paolini
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Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.
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But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness.
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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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Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
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The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.
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Of course you like him everyone enjoys flattery.
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What is the worth of anything we do? The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life
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To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.
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Sword, I name thee Brisingr! And with a sound of rushing wind the blade burst into flame, an envelope of sapphire-blue fire writhing about the razor-sharp steel.
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I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).
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You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.
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The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but there was also much to admire within it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was able to accept the true nature of his self. He was not the best person in the world, but neither was he the worst.
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Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
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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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You cannot miss what you have never had.
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Arya.' He looked down the silvery river and then back at Arya, and he gripped the hilt of Brisingr. He was so full of emotion, he trembled. He did not want to leave, but he knew he must. 'Stay with me-' Her gaze darted up. 'I cannot.' '...stay with me until the first curve in the river.' She hesitated, then nodded.
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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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Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
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Why?' - Nasuada 'You know why' - Murtagh
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