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#1

“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: books, christopher-paolini, eragon, good-reads

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#3

“People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn't.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: history, humor, memory, recall

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#4

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

tags: charles-bayard-mitchell

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#5

“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.”
― Christopher Paolini

tags: common-sense, humor, smart

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#6

“Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
― Lemony Snicket

tags: fate, humor, simile

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#7

“Perhaps not one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth, and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

tags: philosophy, religion

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#8

“Life is both pain and pleasure. If this is the price you must pay for the hours you enjoy, is it too much?”
― Christopher Paolini, Eldest

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#9

“It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle

tags: books, humor

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#10

“Mmm....she's doomed! You're doomed!! They're all doomed! Notice I didn't specify what kind of doom, so no matter what happens, I predicted it. How very WISE of me.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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#11

“Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being. –Kevin Kruse”
― Kevin Kruse

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#12

“Why does everything have to be so hard? [Eragon] wondered.

Because, said Saphira, everyone wants to eat, but no one wants to be eaten.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

tags: humorous, inheritance-cycle

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#13

“When someone is crying, of course, the noble thing to do is to comfort them. But if someone is trying to hide their tears, it may also be noble to pretend you do not notice them.”
― Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can't Avoid

tags: comfort, crying, tears

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#14

“Sometimes crying or laughing are the only options left, and laughing feels better right now.”
― Veronica Roth, Divergent

tags: crying, laughter, options

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#15

“I have a new name for pain.
What’s that?
The Obliterator. Because when you’re in pain, nothing else can exist. Not thought. Not emotion. Only the drive to escape the pain. When it’s strong enough, the Obliterator strips us of everything that makes us who we are, until we’re reduced to creatures less than animals, creatures with a single desire and goal: escape.
A good name, then.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eldest

tags: eragon, pain, saphira

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#16

“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef's salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
― Lemony Snicket, The Grim Grotto

tags: life

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#17

“How terrible," said Eragon, "to die alone, separate even from the one who is closest to you."

Everyone dies alone, Eragon. Whether you are a king on a battlefield or a lowly peasant lying in bed among your family, no one can accompany you into the void.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eldest

tags: alone, death, eragon

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#18

“It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

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#19

“The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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#20

“Death is part of who we are. It guides
us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

tags: brisingr, death, human

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#21

“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.”
― Christopher Paolini, Brisingr

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#22

“When you teach them-teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what you know is right.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

tags: fear, murtagh

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#23

“From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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#24

“Respect the past; you never know how it may affect you.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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#25

“You cannot miss what you have never had.”
― christopher paolini, Eldest

tags: eragon, miss

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#26

“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”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

tags: anger, bravery, cowardice, humor

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#27

“Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

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#28

“Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

tags: christopher-paolini, eragon, inheritance, inheritance-cycle, inspirational, life, spiritual, young-adult

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#29

“We both have war inside us. Sometimes it keeps us alive. Sometimes it threatens to destroy us.”
― Veronica Roth, Insurgent

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#30

“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.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon

tags: education, humor

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#31

“As he was about to leave, she said, "Murtagh."
He paused and turned to regard her.
She hesitated for a moment, then mustered her courage and said, "Why?" She thought he understood her meaning: Why her? Why save her, and now why try to rescue her? She had guessed at the answer, but she wanted to hear him say it.
He stared at her for the longest while, and then, in a low, hard voice, he said, "You know why.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

tags: inheritance, murtagh, nasuada

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