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Quotes from Inheritance — Christopher Paolini

born 1983 United States

← All quotes by Christopher Paolini

15 quotes

‘You of all people should know that everything in this world must be paid for, whether in gold, time, or blood.’

Inheritance (2011)

“I am the victor. In the end nothing else matters.’

Inheritance (2011)

You must learn to see what you are looking at.

Inheritance (2011)

Change is neither good nor bad, but knowledge is always useful.

Inheritance (2011)

‘Fight if you wish. Deny what is before you if it comforts you. But nothing you do can change your fate.’

Inheritance (2011)

‘You cheated.’ ‘No, I exploited a weakness in my opponent. There is a difference.’

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‘I am not who I was, but I know who I am.’

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‘I don’t know how else to teach you what you need to learn except by showing you your mistakes over and over again until you stop making them.’

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‘Then I guess we have no choice but to go forward. When have we ever had any choice but to go forward?’

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Better to die than to live in fear.

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‘When you teach them—teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what is right.’

Inheritance (2011)

‘I am not ready. But when will we ever be ready?’

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‘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.’

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‘I cannot forgive, but I understand.’

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Death, he had come to believe, was a corrosive thing, and the more he was around it, the more it gnawed away at who he was.

Inheritance (2011)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Christopher Paolini (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.