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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.’

— 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.

Eldest (2005)

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.

Eldest (2005)

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

Inheritance (2011)

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