Christopher Paolini Quotes

I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.

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.

I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.

If he fancied her anymore," Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, "I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself." "Saphira!" Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.

Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.

He's acting as foolish as a kitten... but then, everyone's entitled to a little foolishness once in a while.

Her sculptured face was as perfect as a painting.

He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.

It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

I am not who I was, but I know who I am.

In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf.

You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.

Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something

Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.

When I saw Fäolin fall, I understood then that the true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

Then, as they stood there, struggling back and forth without avail, Eragon said in a low fierce voice, "I...see...you." A bright spark appeared in Arya's eyes, then vanished just as quickly.

Better to die than to live in fear.

What will be will be.No one can escape fate's design.

Wind howled throught the night, carrying the scent that would change the world.

...even the donkeys were quiet.

Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.

For my love, I will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

Really! Between you and Eragon, I seem to spend most of my time among the Varden healing people to silly to realize they need to avoid getting chopped into tiny little pieces

It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.

I refuse to repent, and I won't plague myself over what is done and past

You must learn to see, what you are looking at

These books are my friends, my companions.

Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.

Better to see widely than to see too closely and allow some feature of place or situation to catch you unawares. Do you understand?

There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.

Why?' - Nasuada 'You know why' - Murtagh

Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.

If I spent my time worrying about what other people would think of my work, I would be too self-conscious to write.

And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.

It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.

I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.

Leave the dead to the Earth. They are not for us. - Valdr

He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!

Kvetha, Shur'tugal Greetings, Dragon Rider

Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.

I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).

If a dragon has already transferred their consciousness to their heart of hearts, then they will die a true death.

Respect the past; you never know how it may affect you.

Eragon. Is that all you say? Yes.

Sometimes there are no answers.

I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.

It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe