Christopher Paolini Quotes

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• Anger is poison. You must purge it from your mind or else it will corrupt your better nature.
• Basically, I would be happy with any profession where I got to be creative and make things.
• I love telling stories and I love writing so the fact that I can do it professionally is something that I've always been very grateful…
• I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.
• I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.
• No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.
• Characters are born from necessity.
• To know who you are without any delusions or sympathy is a moment of revelation that no one experiences unscathed.
• In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf
• The deeds of the children are a testament to the upbringing they received from their parents.
• Treat all fairly or they will seek revenge.
• Life is pain...anyone who tells you otherwise is selling something
• Moderation is a wiser policy than zealotry
• Eragon started as me but ended up evolving into his very own character, .. Even as he has gone through his coming- of- age story,…
• Personally, I had a great education. My mum was a trained teacher, a Montessori teacher, and I know that I could not have written 'Eragon'…
• I have 20 or 30 books completely plotted out in my mind - mysteries, thrillers, horror, romance, science fiction. You name it.
• It is better to ask for an apology than to ask for permission.
• After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of…
• How noble. Oh we would fell many...-you with magic and blade, whilst my weapons would be tooth and claw-but it would be futile in the…
• ...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making…

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