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
fear mind sanctuary
My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.
answers sometimes
Sometimes there are no answers.
knows murtagh
Why?' - Nasuada 'You know why' - Murtagh
struggle eye voice
Then, as they stood there, struggling back and forth without avail, Eragon said in a low fierce voice, "I...see...you." A bright spark appeared in Arya's eyes, then vanished just as quickly.
looks pondering brighter
Do not dwell on what once was, but rather look forward and ponder how you can make the future brighter
hurt accomplishment inheritance
It's impossible to go through life unscathed. Nor should you want to. By the hurts we accumulate, we measure both our follies and our accomplishments.
believe men imagination
It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
ocean blood wade
For my love, I will wade through an ocean of blood, even if it destroys me
past broken miracle
I cannot prove that gods do not exist. Nor can I prove that the world and everything in it was not created by an entity or entities in the distant past. But I can tell you that in the millennia we elves have studied nature, we have never witnessed an instance where the rules that govern the world have been broken. That is, we have never seen a miracle. Many events have defied our ability to explain, but we are convinced that we failed because we are still woefully ignorant about the universe and not because a deity altered the workings of nature.
writing strive lyrical
In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf
Change itself is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.
enlightenment eragon persons
A person must earn enlightenment, Eragon. It is not handed down to you by others, regardless of how revered they be.
digging-a-hole holes persons
I'm the sort of person that starts digging a hole and doesn't stop until it's finished.
grateful writing stories
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 for.