Quotes from Christopher Paolini

It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

If I remember correctly, you've never learned to read, have you?" He shrugged. "What for? I can count and figure as well as any man. My father said that teaching us to read made no more sense than teaching a dog to walk on his hind legs: amusing, but hardly worth the effort.

It is not my habit to hand out secrets like candied nuts on winter solstice. Especially not when they belong to others." He was silent for a few paces. Then: "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 that pains me

Los cantos de los muertos son los lamentos de los vivos.

Riding at full gallop for three days--combined with less than three hours of sleep for every twelve spent in the saddle--had left him frighteningly weak. I might as well be going into battle drunk, sick, and beaten half out of my senses .

A muffled whump emanated from the blade, and the sword rose a half inch out of its scabbard, as if pushed from beneath, and small tongues of flame leaped up from the mouth of the sheath, licking the underside of the hilt.

always comes to those who wait. The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.

House of Langfeld has rendered you in this cause, it is insulting

Quiera yo, al entrar en este lugar, comprender mi transitoriedad y olvidar mi apego a todo aquello que amo.

Everything about me is turning hard

Eragon shivered. Her tongue was covered with hooked barbs that could strip hair, hide, and meat off a deer with a single swipe.

artifacts of her race that made him cringe

Don't you see, Prisoner?" said Jorrus. "We are the mind of the universe itself. We and the Jellies and all self-aware beings. We are the universe watching itself, watching and learning.

It was the worst of things: loss utter and complete, without a chance of restoration.

He was attractive in a rather solid, dark, hairy way.

Always you get into trouble when I am not with you. His smile widened. And when you are? I eat the trouble before it eats you.

Despite his sense of futility, the effort had proved helpful in at least one regard: Arya no longer defeated him every time they crossed blades. He had watched her with redoubled attention--studying her as closely as a deer he was stalking--and as a result, he had won a few of their matches. However, he still was not her equal, much less her better.

survive without pledging our loyalty to one

Saphira, Nasuada, Arya, and Roran.

A fine Dragon Rider you are, afraid of talking to a large group! If only Galbatorix knew, he could have you at his mercy if he but asked you to make a speech to his troops. Ha! It

in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now. He patted her shoulder and smiled with resigned

To have a child is the greatest honor and responsibility that can be bestowed upon any living being." At last they arrived at a ribbed

Learn what you can about Murtagh from this. Then forgive him. And if you can't forgive, at least forget, for he meant you no harm, however rash the act was.

By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.