Christopher Paolini Quotes

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

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.

Find peace in where and what you are.

When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.

no one thinks of himself as 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.

May the stars watch over you.

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

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

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.

Even the donkeys were quiet.

"Shall we dance,friend of my heart?"

We shall, little one.

The hardest lesson in life is learning to accept that there are some things we can’t change.” Falconi paused, his eyes hard and glittering. “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.

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

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

So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one you can answer until you're faced with it. Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs; it's actually quite common. The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.