Top 380 Christopher Paolini Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “Eragon. Is that all you say? Yes.”

— Christopher Paolini

202. “Now there is a fitting sword for a Rider and dragon! said Saphira in a delighted tone. It breathes fire as easily as I do.”

— Christopher Paolini

203. “What of it? If you don’t make a few enemies every now and then, you’re a coward – or worse. Besides, it was worth it to see his reaction.”

— Christopher Paolini

204. “How much reality did the contents of one’s mind actually possess?”

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205. “The path to our goal is rarely straight. It tends to turn and twist, which makes the journey far more enjoyable than it would otherwise be.”

— Christopher Paolini

206. “The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life. – Saphira.”

— Christopher Paolini

207. “Roran era concentrato sugli uomini di fronte a lui, sul peso del martello che teneva in mano e sul selciato reso scivoloso dalle pozze di sangue che si erano formate sotto i suoi piedi. Spezzava, schiantava, colpiva e schivava; gridava, ringhiava e uccideva, uccideva, uccideva...”

— Christopher Paolini

208. “Beware of losing your way, for you are one of the few who are truly free to choose their own fate. That freedom is a gift, but it is also a responsibility more binding than chains.”

— Christopher Paolini

209. “Eragon doubted that he would ever like an Urgal, but the iron certitude of his prejudice only a few minutes before now seemed ignorant, and he could not retain it in good conscience.”

— Christopher Paolini

210. “Sometimes you have to stand and fight. Sometimes running away isn’t an option.”

— Christopher Paolini

211. “Though they live far from the coast, they retain a great fascination and passion for the ocean. The sound of crashing waves, the smell of salt air, it affects them deeply and has inspired many of their lovliest songs. There is one that tells of this love, if you want to hear it.”

— Christopher Paolini

212. “Semua orang ingin makan, tapi tidak ingin dimakan.”

— Christopher Paolini

213. “Characters are born from necessity.”

— Christopher Paolini

214. “Dari segala hal di dunia ini, yang tersulit adalah mengubah diri sendiri.”

— Christopher Paolini

215. “Kalau kau tidak membuat musuh sekali-sekali, artinya kau pengecut – atau lebih buruk lagi – Angela.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

217. “If only everyone could see what we have seen, perhaps there would be less fighting in the world. You cannot expect wolves to become sheep. No, but neither do the wolves have to be cruel to the sheep.”

— Christopher Paolini

218. “A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

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220. “Don’t defoul the air. It ill becomes you. – Oromis.”

— Christopher Paolini

221. “Do I look dead to you?!”

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222. “A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there’s not a blasted thing I can do about it.”

— Christopher Paolini

223. “Avoid roasted cabbage, do not eat earwax, and look on the bright side of life!”

— Christopher Paolini

224. “So you weren’t just jealous? She licked the claw once more. Perhaps a little. Eragon.”

— Christopher Paolini

225. “If you could have stopped it, or if you could have escaped but you didn’t, then you would have lost my respect. But you did everything you could, and when you could do no more, you made peace with your fate, and you didn’t rail needlessly against it. That is wisdom, not weakness.”

— Christopher Paolini

226. “La gente ha la fastidiosa abitudine di ricordarsi le cose che non dovrebbe.”

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227. “I suggest starting with a cat; they have unusual personalities.”

— Christopher Paolini

228. “Suffering was inescapable, but to care for another and to be cared for in turn – that was the closest any person might come to heaven.”

— Christopher Paolini

229. “With her jaws and talons, Saphira tore through an Urgal.”

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230. “The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true. I know, Eragon sighed, but it’s not easy. Of course not. Few things of worth are.”

— Christopher Paolini

231. “Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.”

— Christopher Paolini

232. “A faint tickling on the back of his right hand caused Eragon to look down. A huge, wingless cricket clung to his glove. The insect was hideous: black and bulbous, with barbed legs and a massive skull-like head. Its carapace gleamed like oil.”

— Christopher Paolini

233. “The reward may be uncertain, but our doom is inevitable unless we try.”

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234. “No one can escape fates design.”

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235. “I contain more than my share of years. The memories of hundreds are mine. Life piled upon life: Loves, hates, battles, victories, defeats, lessons learned, mistakes made – all lies within my mind, whispering their wisdom into my ears.”

— Christopher Paolini

236. “You can’t break something and mend it a moment later with pretty words. Broken things stay broken. Wounds heal into scars, not skin.”

— Christopher Paolini

237. “Leave the dead to the Earth. They are not for us. – Valdr.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

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239. “Can someone be truly good if they never have the opportunity to act badly?”

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

— Christopher Paolini

241. “Luka luka yang kita kumpulkan menandai kesalahan sekaligus keberhasilan kita.”

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242. “Even gods do not endure forever.”

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243. “A person’s mind is his last sanctuary. – Brom.”

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244. “Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.”

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245. “Your eyes are like inscrutable orbs!”

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246. “A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed at any moment, and there’s not a blasted thing I can do about it. What will happen will happen, and I won’t waste the time I have aboveground worrying. Misfortune always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”

— Christopher Paolini

247. “All was still and quiet. It seemed as if a magician had placed an enchantment upon the earth and that everything in the world was bound in an eternal sleep and would remain frozen and unchanging forevermore underneath the watchful gaze of the twinkling stars.”

— Christopher Paolini

248. “What will be will be.”

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249. “I’m healthy as an ox. And you?” “To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I’m fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.”

— Christopher Paolini

250. “He welcomed those limitations, for if he were perfect, what would be left for him to accomplish?”

— Christopher Paolini