“Have I ever told you how glad I am we're not enemies? Eragon asked.
No, but it's very sweet of you.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“If you wish to be happy,Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“If he fancied her anymore,' Saphira said to both Eragon and Roran, 'I'd be trying to kiss Arya myself.'
'Saphira!' Mortified, Eragon swatted her on the leg.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“You would be amazed how many magicians have died after being bitten by mad rabbits. It's far more common than you might think.
-Angela the Herbalist”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“You named your sword Fire? Fire? What kind of a boring name is that? You might as well name your sword 'Blazing Blade' and be done with it. Fire indeed. Humph. Wouldn't you rather have a sword called Sheepbiter or Chrysanthemum Cleaver or something else with imagination?”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“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”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Whatever you do, protect those you care for. Without them, life is more miserable than you can imagine.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“I already have one Sheepbiter here,” said Eragon, and laid a hand on Saphira. “Why would I need another?”
Angela broke out into a wide smile. “So you’re not entirely devoid of wit after all! There just might be hope for you.” And she danced off toward the keep, twirling her doublebladed staff by her side and muttering, “Fire? Bah!”
A soft growl emanated from Saphira, and she said, Be careful whom you call Sheepbiter, Eragon, or you might get bitten yourself.
Yes, Saphira.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“I'm healthy as an ox. And you?" "To compare myself with a bovine would be both ridiculous and insulting, but I'm fit as ever, if that is what you are asking.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“I own a book,' he thought, delighted (Paolini 291).”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“They enveloped each other within the folds of their thoughts, holding each other with an intimacy no physical embrace could replicate, allowing their identities to merge once again. Their greatest comfort was a simple one: they were no longer alone. To know that you were with the one who cared for you, and who understood every fiber of your being, and who would not abandon you even in the most desperate of circumstances, that was the most precious relationship a person could have, and they both cherished it. ”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Do not become so attached to any one belief than you cannot see past it to another possibility.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“The trickster, the riddler, the keeper of balance, he of the many faces who finds life in death and who fears no evil; he who walks through doors.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“The trick is to find happiness in the brief gaps between disasters.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Now I remember why I hate eating sheep. Horrible, fluffy things that give me hair balls and indigestion. ( Saphira from the Eragon Series)”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Some troubles no one else should have to endure,especially not those you love.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“For her, choices were simple; either there was an action she could take to improve the situation, in which case she took it, or there was not, and everything else said on the subject was so much meaningless noise.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Really! Between you and Eragon, I seem to spend most of my time among the Varden healing people to silly to realize they need to avoid getting chopped into tiny little pieces”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
“Pain is pain. It needs no description.”
― Christopher Paolini, quote from Brisingr
Christopher Paolini
Born place: in Southern California, The United States
Born date November 17, 1983
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“Don't aim for perfect. Aim for complete. Perfection is an unattainable illusion.”
― Lisa Genova, quote from Love Anthony
“Tanto tú como tu amarillo decidiréis lo que queréis ser. Lo que es seguro es que luego no hay marcha atrás. Cuando el amarillo se intensifica o se decolora, nunca más vuelve a ser amarillo.”
― Albert Espinosa, quote from The Yellow World
“else. She did stand you up.” He tilted my chin with his fingertips so that I was looking directly into his eyes. “I’m not going to give up. She is. And I don’t want to pursue anyone else.” We stood gazing into each other’s eyes and I realized that I needed to get him out of my house and get back to my bubble bath. I should use him for inspiration... “Look, I was in the middle of something very important before you came over, so if you could leave right now so I can get back to it, that would be great. Maybe we can talk about what happened over the weekend at work tomorrow? For the record, I really am sorry I stood you up. I had every intention of being there but—” He silenced me with a kiss and I kissed him back with a passion I’d never felt before. He reached down and untied my robe, pushing it off my shoulders and onto the floor. Smiling, he assaulted my mouth with his tongue again, using his hands to tug at the drawstring on my pants. All of sudden, I felt a vibrating sound going off in my pocket. Before I could reach down and shut it off, he reached into my pants and pulled out my favorite purple friend. He examined it for a few seconds, blinking. Then he held it front of my face and smirked. “Is this what I was interrupting?” It’s been four years....Four. Long. Years... “Claire?” He cupped my chin and held my face so I wouldn’t be able to turn away. “Is this what you were doing?” “I...” I swallowed. Then I went for it. “What if it was?” A slow, sexy smile spread across his lips. “Then I think I should finish what you started.” He sealed his mouth over mine again and pressed me against the island, making it hard for me to breathe. I’d never been kissed like he was kissing me; it felt like I was having sex—with my mouth. He was controlling my tongue with his, molding his perfectly full lips to mine, and biting down on my”
― Whitney G., quote from Mid-Life Love
“We are a biological species arising from Earth’s biosphere as one adapted species among many; and however splendid our languages and cultures, however rich and subtle our minds, however vast our creative powers, the mental process is the product of a brain shaped by the hammer of natural selection upon the anvil of nature.”
― Edward O. Wilson, quote from On Human Nature
“What if everything that is wrong with you, or about you, isn’t actually wrong? What if it’s actually a potency you have that doesn’t match this reality, but no one has ever been capable of showing you that?”
― Dain Heer, quote from Being You, Changing the World
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