Christopher Paolini
Christopher Paolini
Christopher James Paolini is an American author. He is best known as the author of the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr and Inheritance. He currently lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 November 1983
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Christopher Paolini quotes about
two stuff teens
I built two forges when I was in my teens. I was just really, really into metalworking and making stuff.
memories years may
The sands of time cannot be stopped. Years pass whether we will them or not... but we can remember. What has been lost may yet live in memories.
who-i-am knows
I am not who I was, but I know who I am.
warrior knowing use
Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.
teaching men thinking
I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are caused by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds.
battle reeds triumphant
He who stands like a pilar dies in battle. He who bends like a reed is triumphant!
school kids interesting
It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school - we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.
dies
Better to die than to live in fear.
falling-in-love fate morbid
I warn you, Eragon, beware of whom you fall in love with, for fate seems to have a morbid interest in our family.
age gains overcoming
Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
matter ends
I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.
fate fighting wish
Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.
powerful night want
As they spread out their blankets, Saphira commented with satisfaction, We are becoming more powerful, Eragon, both of us. Soon no one will be able to stand in our way. Yes, but which way shall we choose? Whichever one we want, she said smugly, settling down for the night.
strong pain animal
I have a new name for pain. What's that? The Obliterator. Because when you're in pain, nothing else can exist. Not thought. Not emotion. Only the drive to escape the pain. When it's strong enough, the Obliterator strips us of everything that makes us who we are, until we're reduced to creatures less than animals, creatures with a single desire and goal: escape. A good name, then.