Christopher Paolini Quotes (93 Quotes)

There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.

Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

From now on you're going to have to think. There's a reason why we're born with brains in our heads, not rocks.

Thats the spirit-one part brave,three parts fool.

They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.

Magic is the art of thinking, not strength or language.

From the corner of his eye, Eragon saw Orik hewing Urgal necks with mighty blows of his ax.

The greatest enemy is one that has nothing to lose.

To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.

The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart. ...

I believe, Eragon, that you are full of love and that you are looking for one who will reciprocate your affection. No shame exists in that.

The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

If a dragon has already transferred their consciousness to their heart of hearts, then they will die a true death.

I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies

Love can be a terrible curse, Eragon. It can make you overlook even the largest flaws in a person's behavior.

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

Pain is pain. It needs no description.

Perhaps no one religion contains all of the truth of the world. Perhaps every religion contains fragments of the truth,and it is our responsibility to identify those fragments and piece them together.

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

Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?

A king does not remain a king for long unless he appreciates the value of silence.

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

Are not all religions strange to those who stand outside of them?

Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.

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.

From now on, I promise I wil consult with you before I do anything you don't expect. Is that acceptable? Only if it involves weapons, magic, kings, or family members, she said. Or flowers. Or flowers, she agreed.

I know what we do is right but right doesn't always mean easy.

If you ever kill off Saphira, I will hunt you down.

I didn't have a lot to do. Dad felt I was too young to go to college I didn't have a job, and the nearest town was some 20 miles away. I needed a way of entertaining myself. Writing was what I settled on.

Many people have died for what they believe... the real courage is living and suffering for what you believe.

I'm flattered to be compared to (J.K.) Rowling because I think she's done an incredible amount for readers and fantasy. I'm a huge fan of hers, ... But the story and the world that I write about is completely different from Hogwarts and present-day Britain.

During that entire year, ... my parents didn't get any income from any other endeavors, so when we took it on the road, it was do or die. I was doing three to four one-hour presentations each day.

This trilogy is (Eragon's) coming-of-age story, and writing the trilogy has been my coming-of-age story.

I'm not the fastest of writers, but I can chew through a book if I have the time to do it,

Even positive reviews would make me feel self-conscious while I'm writing.

You must be willing to protect yourself and what you cherish, no matter what the cost.

a great compliment, but I don't write books like hers.

Eragon started as me but ended up evolving into his very own character, ... Even as he has gone through his coming-of-age story, the process of writing and publishing these novels has been my own coming-of-age story. There are parallels between my own experience and Eragon's, but fortunately, I don't have people charging at me with swords.

His parents now spend much of their time handling the business side of their son's success. It's gotten so big, ... I just can't handle it by myself.

It's obviously enormously gratifying, and I'm enormously grateful that so many people have enjoyed the story. This sort of attention . . . I don't think it's something that would be normal (to deal with) at any age. I just try to stay calm and enjoy myself.

I've never gone to a regular school. I've never held a normal job. I just don't have anything to compare this to. But my parents have taken pains to make sure I understand exactly how unusual this is.

My editor and I are in a polite argument over that, ... It can be 'Bubbles for Buckfish' for all I know.

And what I hoped, and what I still hope, is that within those familiar elements I'm able to provide a unique twist. If there's anything that's truly unique about the series, what I'm most proud of is Eragon's relationship with Saphira.