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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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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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But ask yourself this Eragon: If gods exist, have they been good custodians of alagaesia? Death, sickness, poverty, tyranny and countless other miseries stalk the land. If this is the handiwork of divine beings, then they are to be rebelled against and overthrown, not given obeisance, obedience, and reverance.
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I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.
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I'm afraid I've degenerated into a bibliophile.
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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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The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.
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The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
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The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
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It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
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Into the sky to win or die.
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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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It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
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Books should go where they will be most appreciated, and not sit unread, gathering dust on a forgotten shelf, don't you agree?
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You shouldn't let him hit you so much observed saphira Yes I realize that' he growled. Do you want me to knock him over for you? No...not today.
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Atra esterni' ono thelduin Mor' rana li'fa unin hjarta onr Un du evari'nya ono varda (May good fortune rule over you peace live in your heart may the stars watch over you)
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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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If you don't make a few ememies now and then, you're a coward-or worse. Besides, it as worth it to see his reaction. Oh, he was angry! - Angela to Eragon
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He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
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Until we invent telepathy, books are our best choice for understanding the rest of humanity.
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...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from Eragon
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A hatchling, that is what you are. A hatchling struggling into the world. I may be younger than you in years, but I am ancient in my thoughts. Do not worry about these things. Find peace in where and what you are. People often know what must be done. All you need to do is show them the way — that is wisdom.
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