Top 380 Christopher Paolini Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter.”

— Christopher Paolini

52. “Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility. Brom to Eragon.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

54. “Kvetha, Shur’tugal Greetings, Dragon Rider.”

— Christopher Paolini

55. “Heart broken-he felt a deep ache in his chest, like that of a sore muscle, and each beat of his heart pained him.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

57. “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

58. “I’ve never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

60. “I refuse to repent, and I won’t plague myself over what is done and past.”

— Christopher Paolini

61. “I’m afraid I’ve degenerated into a bibliophile.”

— Christopher Paolini

62. “To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.”

— Christopher Paolini

63. “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

64. “All we can do is strive to accept our fate with grace, whatever it might be.”

— Christopher Paolini

65. “What will happen will happen and I won’t waste my time worrying.”

— Christopher Paolini

66. “I know what we do is right but right doesn’t always mean easy.”

— Christopher Paolini

67. “Misfoutune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the breif gaps between distaters.”

— Christopher Paolini

68. “You’ve seen things through my eyes.”

— Christopher Paolini

69. “It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.”

— Christopher Paolini

70. “Then Valdr showed them a nest of sleeping starlings, and Eragon could feel their dreams flickering in their minds, fast as the blink of an eye. At first, Valdr’s emotion was one of contempt – the starlings’ dreams seemed tiny, petty, and inconsequential – but then his mood changed and became warm and sympathetic, and even the smallest of the starlings’ concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.”

— Christopher Paolini

71. “It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.”

— Christopher Paolini

72. “Happiness, Eragon had decided, was a fleeting, futile thing to pursue. Contentment, on the other hand, was a far more worthwhile goal.”

— Christopher Paolini

73. “The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”

— Christopher Paolini

74. “Pekerjaan laki-laki, atau pekerjaan perempuan, adalah pekerjaan yang harus diselesaikan – Roran.”

— Christopher Paolini

75. “What is possible is subjective. It’s a matter of perspective.”

— Christopher Paolini

76. “It got so that when he closed his eyes, letters and words danced in his mind. He thought of little else during that time.”

— Christopher Paolini

77. “The only antidote for the corrosive poison of violence is finding peace within yourself.”

— Christopher Paolini

78. “Show respect for those in power, but do not follow them blindly.”

— Christopher Paolini

79. “People have an annoying habit of remembering things they shouldn’t.”

— Christopher Paolini

80. “Ah, pay no heed if your enemies laugh. They’ll not be able to once you lop off their heads.”

— Christopher Paolini

81. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

82. “You must learn to see, what you are looking at.”

— Christopher Paolini

83. “Dragons, like wagons, Have tongues. Dragons, like flagons, Have necks. But while two hold beer, The other eats deer!”

— Christopher Paolini

84. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

85. “What a strange expression said the herbalist who would compare themselves to chopped liver in the first place? If you have to to choose an organ why not pick a gallbladder or a thymus gland instead? Much more interesting than a liver. Or what about chopped t-.”

— Christopher Paolini

86. “The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.”

— Christopher Paolini

87. “Those whom we most love are often the most alien to us.”

— Christopher Paolini

88. “From the corner of his eye, Eragon saw Orik hewing Urgal necks with mighty blows of his ax.”

— Christopher Paolini

89. “It’s overwhelming. I feel as if I am living in an illusion a dream where all things are possible. Amazing things do happen I know but always to someone else always in some far off place and time.”

— Christopher Paolini

90. “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

91. “These books are my friends, my companions.”

— Christopher Paolini

92. “To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.”

— Christopher Paolini

93. “Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

96. “Die puny human!”

— Christopher Paolini

97. “Forgive me if I stare, I knew you were young, but even then I was expecting someone a little more, well, more.”

— Christopher Paolini

98. “Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini