Quotes from Christopher Paolini

they will serve you well." He bent his gaze sternly on them. "First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man and yet be bound tighter than a slave. Give men your ear, but not your heart. Show respect for those in power, but don't follow them blindly. Judge with logic and reason, but comment not.

In all your travels around Alagaësia, with Angela and without, you've never found anything that might explain this mystery? Or even just something that might be of use against Galbatorix." I found you, didn't I? "That's not funny," growled Eragon.

Then you're not... betrothed?

The experience was … not pleasant.

upon mine family's honor." "Five to four," Eragon said to Orik as he returned to his seat. "And not in our favor." Orik grunted. "I can count, Eragon.

He bent and plucked a tooth, a molar, from the dirt.

NO HONOR, NO GLORY, ONLY BLISTERS IN UNFORTUNATE PLACES

Love can be a terrible curse

there had been someone to care for. Someone who cared for her.

Now wasn't the time to dwell on depressing thoughts. It wasn't Ã¢â'¬Â¦ but she couldn't help it.

The oldest fears were the most powerful. If there were gods, he thought for sure that the first and greatest—and evilest—would be the god of darkness. Light required effort. Light was a struggle. But the dark was easy, and it had existed before all else and would be there to envelop the universe in its smothering cloak when the last dim stars guttered out at the end of time.

Y qué tengo que decidir exactamente? Se sorprendió cuando Inarë le acarició cariñosamente la mejilla, sonriendo. - Quién quieres ser, porsupuesto. ¿Acaso no se reducen a eso todas nuestras decisiones? Y ahora, debo irme. Tengo gente a la que incordiar y sitios de los que escapar. Elige bien, viajera. Piensa a la larga. Piensa deprisa. Comete el camino.

And then she slept and woke no more, and she dreamed slow dreams of strange planets with strange skies and of spiral fractals that flowered in forgotten spaces. And all was silent, and all was dark.

I love you," she whispered. "I love you too," he said.

When I was among the elves, I learned that a person's true name often changes as they age. Do you understand what that means? Who you are is not fixed for all of eternity. A man could forge himself anew if he so wanted.

But what will they want us to do once we are in their grasp? Will they respect the Varden's pact with the elves and send us to Ellesméra for training, or command otherwise? Jörmundur strikes me as an honorable man, but the rest of the council? I can't tell.

There's no such thing as safety. Only degrees of risk.

expectations of what could be or what should be are the most common sources of our discontent. Expectations lead to disappointment, and disappointment leads to anger and resentment.

collection of black and red flesh floating in space, raw, skinless, glossy with oozing fluids.

Because they believe it contains deep truths about life, the universe, and everything.

Ne cède jamais au désespoir car tout n'est pas perdu.

Sometimes the universe decided to rip apart your life and stomp on the pieces, and there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it except say, "Now what?

Amour, famille, succès - tôt ou tard, tout sera détruit, il n'en restera rien. à quoi bon lutter ? - Ce qui compte, c'est d'agir. La vie ne vaut rien quand tu renonces à changer ton sort et à la vivre.

Notre destin est de rendre possible l'impossible, d'accomplir de hauts faits en méprisant la peur.