Christopher Paolini citáty

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„Dobrá spoločnosť a mnoho povinností býva tým najlepším liekom na bolesť duše.“

„Je to zvláštna vec, keď vás poznajú ľudia, ktorých ste ešte nikdy predtým nestretli.“

„Vždy nerobíme to, čo sa nám páči, niekedy musíme urobiť to, čo je správne, nie to, čo chceme.“

„Zmena sama osebe nie je dobrá alebo zlá, ale poznanie je vždy užitočné.“

„Človek len výnimočne vie presne deň a hodinu, kedy zomrie. Môžem umrieť každú chvíľu a nemôžem proti tomu nič urobiť.“

„Nebezpečenstvo nie je dôvod správať sa nerozumne, nech je akokoľvek veľké.“

„Životom sa nedá prejsť bez zranení, ani by sme to nemali chcieť. Zranenia, ktoré získame sú meradlom našej hlúpostí a našich schopností.“

„Jeden love nezaútočí na druhého, kým ten druhý neukáže slabinu.“

„Nikto sa nemá nikdy brániť svojmu osudu, lebo inak stratí to, čo je mu najdrahšie.“

„To, že niekto vyznáva istú vieru, ešte nemusí nevyhnutne znamenať, že si zvolil správnu cestu.“

„... to pravé utrpenie z vojny, nie je zranenie, ktoré je spôsobené nám, ale sledovanie toho, ako ubližujú tým, na ktorých nám záleží.“

“My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend it vigorously, for I am only safe with my innermost thoughts.”

“Pain is pain. It needs no description.”

“What will happen will happen and I won't waste my time worrying.”

“Really! Between you and Eragon, I seem to spend most of my time among the Varden healing people to silly to realize they need to avoid getting chopped into tiny little pieces”

“Whatever you make, base it upon that which is most important to you. Only then will it have depth and meaning, and only then will it resonate with others.”

“There is no more exciting sport than flying, for if you lose, you die.”

“Go slowly, so that you do not bite your tail by accident.”

“If any honor existed in war, it was in fighting to protect others from harm”

“My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me.”

“Why?' - Nasuada
'You know why' - Murtagh”

“Even the smallest of the starlings' concerns grew in importance until it seemed equal to the worries of kings.”

“Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.”

“Let go of your worries and focus
only on the task at hand. The future will be what it will, and fretting about it will only make your fears more likely to come true.
I know,"--Glaedr”

“Anger has its place, but it will not serve you here, the way of the warrior is the way of knowing. Of that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper.”

“The best remedy for what ails me is being with you here under the sun.”

“Regardless of whether I can shift my affections to another - and the heart, as you observed, is a notoriously fickle beast - the question remains: should I?”

“What will be will be. No one can escape fate's design.”

“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.”

“Even the donkeys were quiet.”

“Life is too short to fight every idiot along your way.”

“To while away the day contemplating evils that might have been is to poison the happiness we already have.”

“The poison dart hidden in the raisin tart….”

“Having no other recourse, Roran resorted to the unexpected: he stuck his head and neck out and shouted, "BAH!" just as he would if he were trying to scare someone in a dark hallway…”

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

“You must learn to see what you are looking at.”

“It’s better to be sworn to an honest fool than to a lying scholar”

“But anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness…”

“They have not the heart for this battle. So think of your families, think of your homes, and remember it is they you are fighting for.”

“I cannot forgive, but I understand.”