Christopher Paolini Quotes

Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something

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

Half way down, he encountered Saphira, who had jammed her head and neck as far up the stair as she could, gouging the wood in her frenzy.
Little one. She flicked out her tongue and caught him on the hand with its rough tip. He smiled. Then she arched her neck and tried to pull back, but to no avail.
What's wrong?
I'm stuck.
You're... He could not help it;he laughed even though it hurt. The situation was too absurd.

It is foolish to conjure up woe where none exists.

Of course you like him; everyone enjoys flattery.

Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.

What is the worth of anything we do?
The worth is in the act. Your worth halts when you surrender the will to change and experience life.

I didn't think I would ever meet a noble who wasn't corrupt. Now that I have, I find that I prefer them when they're greedy bastards. (Brom to Eragon)

My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side

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.

I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'...
'And I won't give up.

Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.

do not worry about these things. find peace in where and what you are ~saphira to eragon page 429

It is better to be taught to think critically than to be told on what to believe.