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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.’

— Christopher Paolini Inheritance (2011)

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When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.

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

Eldest (2005)

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

Inheritance (2011)

Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.

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

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