Quotes from Christopher Paolini

Then he forced himself to look down. Two large blots darkened his wool pants on the insides of his thighs. He touched the fabric. It was wet.

Saphira pushed her head inside. Meat! she said. I smell meat!

Sometimes it's not possible to stay home, even if you want to.

the Ra'zac bit my shoulder.

Oromis twisted Eragon's hands around again and gestured at his calluses. You now have the hands of a warrior, Eragon. Take care they do not become the hands of a man who revels in the carnage of war.

If you're looking for guarantees in life, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

Minds were human (barely), but they were so much bigger than ordinary brains, they needed stimulation in order to keep from going completely insane.

Sometimes the cure to the dark was to find another flame burning bright.

Die Zukunft kann uns nur dann etwas anhaben, wenn wir uns zu große Sorgen machen.

No one thinks of himself as a villain and few make decisions they think are wrong.

hey O! And a ringing and a dinging Rang from old iron! Wily old iron. With a beat and a bang on the bones of the land, I conquered wily old iron!

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.

To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.

I would rather let a thousand vipers bite me before I would agree to serve you." And she spat into the air. His chuckle echoed throughout the room once more: the sound of a man who feared nothing, not even death. "We shall see.

Show your maggot-riddled faces if you dare, you lily-livered, bandy-legged, snake-eyed wretches! We'll crack your skulls open and fatten our hogs on your blood!

It was naught but a flesh wound.

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

Try not to burn down Aroughs, would you? Cities are rather hard to replace.

The vile smell made him cringe

When shall the ceremony take place, then?" "In an hour," said Roran.

Instead, you must strive to be calm, even if a hundred ravening enemies are snapping at your heels. Empty your mind and allow it to become like a tranquil pool that reflects everything around it and yet remains untouched by its surroundings.

Down the rushing mere-wash Of Kíl'f's welling blood, We ride the twisting timbers, For hearth, clan, and honor. Under the ernes' sky-vat, Through the ice-wolves' forest bowls, We ride the gory wood, For iron, gold, and diamond. Let hand-ringer and bearded gaper fill my grip And battle-leaf guard my stone As I leave the halls of my fathers For the empty land beyond.

So don't think. Be a sleeper devoid of dreams.

You must learn to see what you are looking at. And also: The way of the warrior is the way of knowing.