Quotes from Christopher Paolini

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's approval dictate your actions

Understanding breeds empathy.

We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.

You must remain optimistic, for a negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.

fate has a cruel sense of humor

Yes it is Eragon said before his courage left him just like you

Should I pander to your.....incompetence so you'll feel better? I don't think so.

She smiled as she looked at the flower.… It was such a tender smile, and so happy, I decided right then that I wanted to make her smile like that again and again and that I wanted to look at that smile until the day I died.

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.

Some miles to the North, a ring of mountains rose out of the clouds. The peaks were clad in snow and ice, and together they looked like an ancient, jagged crown resting atop the layers of mist. The eastward-facing scarps shone brilliantly in the light of the morning sun, while long blue shadows cloaked the western sides and stretched dwindling into the distance, tenebrous daggers upon the billowy, snow-white plain.

The only certainty is that, eventually, all things shall pass.

Whenever we kill, we kill a part of ourselves.

That was a heroic deed." Embarrassed, Eragon scuffed his boots against the ground. "I wouldn't have survived if not for Arya." "You are too modest, Argetlam," she admonished. "It was you who struck the final blow.

False modesty is never admirable, and least of all among those who command others.

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis

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.

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

The only antidote for the corrosive poison of violence is finding peace within yourself.

Rooms that are bigger on the inside than the outside.…

Gregorovich continued: Could I advise myself in the past, prior to my transition, I would tell myself to make the most of what I had while I had it. Too often we don't appreciatethe value of something until it has slipped our grasp.

Kira fixed Trig with a look. Hey. What do you call a really smart newt? He grinned. What? Newton, of course. Permission to jettison both of them as punishment, Captain? said Nielsen.

Names are powerful things; you should be careful whom you share yours with. You never know when a person might turn your name against you.

Your eyes are like inscrutable orbs!

At that instant, Eragon's back ruptured in an explosion of agony so intense he experienced it with all five senses: as a deafening waterfall of sound; a metallic taste that coated his tongue; an acrid eye-watering stench in his nostrils, redolent of vinegar; pulsing colors, and above all the feeling that Durza had just laid open his back.