Top 380 Christopher Paolini Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

256. “A pox on all meads!”

— Christopher Paolini

257. “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

258. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

261. “Blaming yourself is perfectly normal, but it doesn’t do you any good. Until you stop, unless you can stop, you’ll never be able to fully recover.”

— Christopher Paolini

262. “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

263. “Our wyrds – our fates.”

— Christopher Paolini

264. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

266. “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

267. “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

268. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

270. “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

271. “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

272. “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

273. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

275. “No, a woolen rug.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

278. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

281. “Life is both pain and pleasure.”

— Christopher Paolini

282. “Takdir punya selera humor yang kejam – Murtagh.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

284. “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

285. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

289. “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

290. “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

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

— Christopher Paolini

292. “I was in fractures before. I am in fractures now. But the pieces still form the same broken picture.”

— Christopher Paolini

293. “He was rarely happy throughout his life but he was a good Rider and a good man.”

— Christopher Paolini

294. “What, you think all jarheads are stupid?” Sparrow chuckled before going serious again. “All good soldiers are philosophers, same as a priest or a professor. You have to be when you deal with matters of life and death.”

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

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

— Christopher Paolini

297. “A month in quarantine would wear on anyone.”

— Christopher Paolini

298. “Everyone messes up. How you deal with it is what determines who you are.”

— Christopher Paolini

299. “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

300. “For he who has the audacity to determine who should live and who should die no longer serves the law but dictates the law.”

— Christopher Paolini