Top 400 Christopher Paolini Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “Even gods do not endure forever.”

— Christopher Paolini

252. “What will be will be.”

— Christopher Paolini

253. “In this, you must rely upon your own judgment. Listen closely to what your heart says and perhaps it will become clear how to win free of these treacherous downdrafts. In.”

— Christopher Paolini

254. “It also troubled him when he contemplated how such a partnership must, by its very nature, reduce the individuality of those involved.”

— Christopher Paolini

255. “As Roran watched, the man’s arms, neck, and chest shriveled, and his bones appeared in sharp relief-from the bowlike curve of his collarbones to the hollow saddle of his hips, where his stomach hung like an empty waterskin. His lips puckered and drew back farther than they were intended to over his yellow teeth, baring them in a grisly snarl, while his eyeballs deflated as if they were engorged ticks being squished empty of blood, and the surrounding flesh sank inward.”

— Christopher Paolini

256. “What are those?” he asked.”

— Christopher Paolini

257. “Victory is victory, dead is dead, however it is achieved.”

— Christopher Paolini

258. “It was a frantic, ugly dance, but a dance all the same, and despite its ugliness, filled with moments of grace and daring.”

— Christopher Paolini

259. “You cannot expect wolves to become sheep. No, but neither do the wolves have to be cruel to the sheep.”

— Christopher Paolini

260. “The only true guide is your heart. Nothing less than its supreme desire can help you.”

— Christopher Paolini

261. “These leaves don’t need to steep long, so drink it quickly before it gets too strong.”

— Christopher Paolini

262. “Eragon, you are only a cripple if you consider yourself one.”

— Christopher Paolini

263. “As he gazed at the sun-darkened warriors, battle-worn before him, he decided that he would rather fight a hundred enemies than have to stand up in public and risk the disapproval of others.”

— Christopher Paolini

264. “Our strength with magic grants us as much leisure as we desire. We neither hunt nor farm, and, as a result, we spend our days working to master our interests, whatever they might be. Very little exists that we must strive for.” Through.”

— Christopher Paolini

265. “Ugh,” said Eragon, hefting his load.”

— Christopher Paolini

266. “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.”

— Christopher Paolini

267. “We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

269. “Now, can we please abandon such weighty conversation? I have become thoroughly exhausted with thoughts of fate, destiny, justice, and other, equally gloomy topics over the past few days. As far as I am concerned, philosophic questioning is just as likely to make you confused and depressed as it is to improve your condition.”

— Christopher Paolini

270. “It’s not the wolves out there,” said Eragon, hugging himself. “It’s the wolves in here.” He tapped the middle of his forehead.”

— Christopher Paolini

271. “Logic only took you so far. Sometimes the cure to the dark was to find another flame burning bright.”

— Christopher Paolini

272. “A solitary finger of light fell upon it, illuminating motes of golden dust floating in the air.”

— Christopher Paolini

273. “You must retain your freedom, for in it lies your true power: the ability to make choices independent of any leader or king.”

— Christopher Paolini

274. “Old Friend The Witch and the Werecat Of Reading and Plots Thieves in the Castle A Costly Mistake Vision of Perfection.”

— Christopher Paolini

275. “A pox on all meads!”

— Christopher Paolini

276. “Understanding begets empathy and compassion for even the meanest beggar.”

— Christopher Paolini

277. “All we can do is strive to accept our fate with grace, whatever it might be. The alternative is to allow the thought of Galbatorix’s possible actions to unsettle our minds, and that I won’t do. I refuse to give him such power over me.”

— Christopher Paolini

278. “You have learned from your mistake, and you shall not make it again. Why, then, should you withhold your blessing from those who may benefit from it?”

— Christopher Paolini

279. “Do not pamper me, human. Elves train both their men and women to fight. I am not one of your helpless females to run away whenever there is danger.”

— Christopher Paolini

280. “Our wyrds – our fates.”

— Christopher Paolini

281. “A long with the warriors of his battalion, Roran fought his way down.”

— Christopher Paolini

282. “She was unsurprised to see that the war had resulted in an unprecedented drawing together of humanity. Even the Zarians had put aside their differences with the League in order to join forces against their shared enemies. What was the point of arguing amongst yourselves if the monsters in the dark were attacking?”

— Christopher Paolini

283. “Life is both pain and pleasure.”

— Christopher Paolini

284. “Maybe,” said Thane, “we aren’t as clubfooted as you are.”

— Christopher Paolini

285. “I will never be like ordinary people. If I must be different, then let me keep that which sets me apart.”

— Christopher Paolini

286. “The warrior who can adapt the easiest to the unexpected is the warrior who will live the longest.”

— Christopher Paolini

287. “Determination is as common among men who are dull and foolish as it is among those who are brilliant intellects.”

— Christopher Paolini

288. “The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life. But options are before you; choose one and dedicate yourself to it. The deeds will give you new hope and purpose.”

— Christopher Paolini

289. “No, a woolen rug.”

— Christopher Paolini

290. “Strive for wisdom! Or at least a decrease in idiocy.”

— Christopher Paolini

291. “Gone. Gone! GONE! Blackness. Emptiness.”

— Christopher Paolini

292. “Only thing is, a soldier threw a pitcher and hit him on the temple. Killed him instantly.”

— Christopher Paolini

293. “Come, kiss me sweet, and then let us return to bed, for I am tired, and I would sleep.”

— Christopher Paolini

294. “Saphira, Nasuada, Arya, and Roran.”

— Christopher Paolini

295. “To know that you were with one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you in even the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have, and both Eragon and Saphira cherished it.”

— Christopher Paolini

296. “You cannot help but be human, yet you do not have to be bound by what those around you believe.”

— Christopher Paolini

297. “The happiness of two beings might be a small thing when compared with the immensity of the universe, but what, ultimately, was more important? 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

298. “The universe is spinning apart: a pinwheel driven to the point of failure. Darkness and emptiness, and what matters still?”

— Christopher Paolini

299. “I cannot pretend that I regard this with favor, but the purpose of life is not what we want but what needs to be done.”

— Christopher Paolini

300. “One could argue that all that really matters is that we learn to deal with where we are at any given moment, not where we were.”

— Christopher Paolini