Casts Quote by Christopher Paolini

Then he heard a terrible cry that pulled at his insides, that expressed agony of a kind that neither flame nor curse could cause,…

— Anonymous

“Elyograg-He struggled once more to break free, but it was no use. He was tied to the pyre; a torch set the mound ablaze.…

— Lorraine Beaumont

“At first it was simply that the spells would not come off. Or they would, but with the most unexpected results. He would try…

— Lynn Flewelling

“All night he either traversed his apartment with an agitation equal to that, which anxiety had so lately inflicted, or composed and destroyed letters…

— Ann Radcliffe

“The intellectual part of his nature was already effaced; he had power only to feel, and feeling was torment. He was conscious of motion.…

— Ambrose Bierce

“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…

— Christopher Paolini

“He undressed, lay down, put out the light. Two names he whispered into his pillow, the few chaste northern syllables that meant for him…

— Thomas Mann

Gregorius was never to forget this scene. They were his first Portuguese words in the real world and they worked. That words could cause…

— Pascal Mercier

“Saphira to Eragon: "If anything happens, I’m going to pin you to my back and never let you off. Eragon: I love you too.…

— Christopher Paolini

He wanted to think of words that would make some difference but there were none in any language he knew that were sufficient to…

— Kent Haruf

I thought: pity the poor in spirit who know neither the enchantment nor the beauty of language.

— Muriel Barbery

That words could cause something in the world, make someone move or stop, laugh or cry: even as a child he had found it…

— Pascal Mercier