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Better to die than to live in fear.

Christopher Paolini

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 40
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Science Fiction Writer
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LA
California
Christopher James Paolini
Live
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Fear
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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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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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The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.
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Of course you like him everyone enjoys flattery.
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It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.
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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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...even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.
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Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.
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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’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they’ll bite your hand first chance they get.
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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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Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry
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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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do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429
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Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
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If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm
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Respect the past you never know how it may affect you.
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Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him
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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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