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Inheritance (2011)
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He inclined his head ever so slightly, displaying with his bearing the supreme confidence, even arrogance, that is the sole providence of cats, dragons, and certain highborn women.
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You cannot learn what you are made of if you rely on anyone or anything else to help you.
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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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If you wish to be happy, Eragon, Think not of what is to come nor of that which you have no control over but rather of the now and that which you are able to change.
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The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist.
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I am not who I was,' he whispered, gripping the edges of the column, 'but I know who I am.'... 'And I won't give up.
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'You cheated.' 'No, I exploited a weakness in my opponent. There is a difference.'
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Death is part of who we are. It guides us. It shapes us. It drives us to madness. Can you still be human if you have no mortal end
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It's like trying to herd a flock of geese, said Orik. They're always trying to go off on their own, they make an obnoxious noise, and they'll bite your hand first chance they get.
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When someone refuses to tell me a certain piece of information, it only makes me that much more determined to find out the truth. I hate being ignorant. For me, a question unanswered is like a thorn in my side
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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.
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And the ship sailed onward, gliding serenely down the moonlit river toward the dark lands beyond.
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The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but there was also much to admire within it, and the more he thought about it, the more he was able to accept the true nature of his self. He was not the best person in the world, but neither was he the worst.
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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 you know is right.
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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.
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She lowered her head until it was at his level. He stroked the line of her jaw, and then pressed his forehead against her hard snout and held her as tightly as he could, her scales sharp against his fingers. Hot tears began to slide down his cheeks. 'Why do you cry?' she asked. 'Because... I'm lucky enough to be bonded with you.' 'Little one.
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Eragon cried out, and in his desperation he reached for Saphira and the Eldunarí... and without meaning to, he drew from their stories of energy. And with that energy he cast a spell. It was a spell without words... His was a spell of instinct and emotion; language could not contain it.
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It was as if his point of view had, within seconds, gone from that of an ant to that of an eagle. For the sky was hollow, and the world was round.
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The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.
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Communism is inequality, but not as property is. Property is exploitation of the weak by the strong. Communism is exploitation of the strong by the weak.
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
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November 17, 1983
(age 40)
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