Top 380 Christopher Paolini Quotes (2026 Update)
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101. “For my love, I will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

104. “Understanding breeds empathy.”

— Christopher Paolini

105. “No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.”

— Christopher Paolini

106. “It’s life’s natural course. All will be fine; time will settle everything.”

— Christopher Paolini

107. “Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.”

— Christopher Paolini

108. “The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.”

— Christopher Paolini

109. “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

110. “Only if you are afraid of looking foolish, and I would have looked far more foolish if I persisted with an erroneous belief.? Eragon said. Why, little one, you just said something wise!’Saphira teased.”

— Christopher Paolini

111. “If we are to tempt fate, then let us not be cowards about it.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

113. “After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. – Saphira.”

— Christopher Paolini

114. “He closed his eyes and sank into the warm dusk that separates consciosness and sleep, where reality bends and sways to the wind of thought, and where creativity blossoms in its freedom from boundaries and all things are possible.”

— Christopher Paolini

115. “Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.”

— Christopher Paolini

116. “A negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

119. “Live the present, remember the past, and fear not the future-Saphira in Eldest.”

— Christopher Paolini

120. “My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I’ve learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.”

— Christopher Paolini

121. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

122. “It is always thus. The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist. Fear, doubt, and hate have hamstrung more people than beasts ever have.”

— Christopher Paolini

123. “They may fight with us, but they don’t fight for us.”

— Christopher Paolini

124. “The hardest lesson in life is learning to accept that there are some things we can’t change.”

— Christopher Paolini

125. “Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.”

— Christopher Paolini

126. “I won’t tell you what to believe, Eragon. It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else’s notions thrust upon you.”

— Christopher Paolini

127. “You cannot miss what you have never had.”

— Christopher Paolini

128. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

129. “The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories.”

— Christopher Paolini

130. “Just remember,” he said gently, “that at a certain point, your enemies may have to become your allies. Such is the nature of life.”

— Christopher Paolini

131. “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?”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

133. “Eragon’s rearing – limited as it was by Garrow’s scant tutelage – had exposed him only to the knowledge needed to run a farm.”

— Christopher Paolini

134. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

136. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

139. “May your swords stay sharp -Brom.”

— Christopher Paolini

140. “Too late. It’s hatched.”

— Christopher Paolini

141. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

142. “Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written ‘Eragon’ if I had gone into a public school system because I would have just been too busy attending classes and doing homework – I wouldn’t have had the time to write.”

— Christopher Paolini

143. “It is a better world. A place where we ate responsible for our actions, where we can be kind to one another because we want to and becauseit is the right thing to do instead of being frightened into behaving by the threat of divine punishment.”

— Christopher Paolini

144. “When the time comes and you need a weapon, look under the roots of the Menoa tree. Then, when all seems lost and your power is insufficient, go to the Rock of Kuthian and speak your name to open the Vault of Souls.”

— Christopher Paolini

145. “I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I’ve always been very grateful for.”

— Christopher Paolini

146. “Root of a tree, fruit of a vine, let me pass by this blood of mine.”

— Christopher Paolini

147. “For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.”

— Christopher Paolini

148. “It s funny to see a hatchling like you beaten by the old one.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

150. “Let’s drop rocks on them!”

— Christopher Paolini