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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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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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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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They asked him for help rebuilding the farm, but e only shook his head with a pang of longing in his heart. I'm tracking your killers,he whispered to his uncle.-Eragon
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It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.
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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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If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm
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In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark, Else upon your mind they'll place a mark Do not listen to the shadows of the deep, Else they haunt you even when you sleep.
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I took a bunch of pictures. You can see 'em on my MySpace page, along with my favorite songs and movies and things that other people have created but that I use to express my individualism.
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Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
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Engaged in a fiery dance, their bodies were linked and seperated by the flashing blades. At times they nearly touched, taut skin only a hair's breadth away, but then momentum would whirl them apart, and they would withdraw for a second, only to join again. Their sinuous forms wove together like twisting ropes of windblown smoke.
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
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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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do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429
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I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies
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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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With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.
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It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar
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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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