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I Have A New Name For Pain. What's That? The Obliterator. Because When You're In Pain, Nothing Else Can Exist. Not Thought. Not Emotion. Only The Drive To Escape The Pain. When It's Strong Enough, The Obliterator Strips Us Of Everything That Makes Us Who We Are, Until We're Reduced To Creatures Less Than Animals, Creatures With A Single Desire And Goal: Escape. A Good Name, Then.

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I Have A New Name For Pain. What's That? The Obliterator. Because When You're In Pain, Nothing Else Can Exist. Not Thought. Not Emotion. Only The Drive To Escape The Pain. When It's Strong Enough, The Obliterator Strips Us Of Everything That Makes Us Who We Are, Until We're Reduced To Creatures Less Than Animals, Creatures With A Single Desire And Goal: Escape. A Good Name, Then.

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Too Late. It's Hatched.

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To Know Who You Are Without Any Delusions Or Sympathy Is A Moment Of Revelation That No One Experiences Unscathed.

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I've Never Been Helpless, I Just Have Powerful Enemies

Into The Sky To Win Or Die.

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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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Besides, How Can You Cheat A Cheater?

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A Negative Outlook Is More Of A Handicap Than Any Physical Injury.

Shall We Dance,friend Of My Heart?" We Shall, Little One.

A Good Compromise Leaves Everyone Angry.

What Will Happen Will Happen And I Won't Waste My Time Worrying.

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Wind Howled Throught The Night, Carrying The Scent That Would Change The World.

Life Is Pain...anyone Who Tells You Otherwise Is Selling Something

The Deeds Of The Children Are A Testament To The Upbringing They Received From Their Parents.

Here Lies Brom Who Was A Rider Bonded To The Dragon Saphira Son Of Holcomb And Nelda Beloved Of Selena Father Of Eragon Shadeslayer Founder Of The Varden And Bane Of The Forsworn. May His Name Live On In Glory. Stydja Unin Mo'ranr

Find Peace In Where And What You Are.

Eragon Started As Me But Ended Up Evolving Into His Very Own Character, .. Even As He Has Gone Through His Coming- Of- Age Story, The Process Of Writing And Publishing These Novels Has Been My Own Coming- Of- Age Story. There Are Parallels Between My Own Experience And Eragon's, But Fortunately, I Don't Have People Charging At Me With Swords.

When You Can Have Anything You Want By Uttering A Few Words, The Goal Matters Not, Only The Journey To It.

Life Is Both Pain And Pleasure. If This Is The Price You Must Pay For The Hours You Enjoy, Is It Too Much?

I'm Afraid I've Degenerated Into A Bibliophile.

In El-harím, There Lived A Man, A Man With Yellow Eyes. To Me, He Said, "beware The Whispers, For They Whisper Lies. Do Not Wrestle With The Demons Of The Dark, Else Upon Your Mind They'll Place A Mark; Do Not Listen To The Shadows Of The Deep, Else They Haunt You Even When You Sleep.

A True Warrior Does Not Fight Because He Wishes To But Because He Has To. A Man Who Yearns For War, A Man Who Enjoys His Killing, He Is A Brute And A Monster. No Matter How Much Glory He Wins On The Battlefield, That Cannot Erase The Fact That He Is No Better Than A Rabid Wolf Who Will Turn On His Friends And Family As Soon As His Foes.

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

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.

From The Corner Of His Eye, Eragon Saw Orik Hewing Urgal Necks With Mighty Blows Of His Ax.

There Are Decades In The Making Of The One Man Of Renown; Multitudes That Go Unnoticed Who Must Wreathe For Him A Crown.

The Poison Dart Hidden In The Raisin Tart.

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