"I am not who I was, but I know who I am."

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Source : "Inheritance". Book by Christopher Paolini, 2011.

Christopher Paolini

#Who I Am Quotes

“When you live from freelance check to freelance check, your mind is always on "What's the next piece I'm going to write, or draw, that'll pay this month's rent?" And so going out to play ball with my kids was a low priority.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.”
“Absolute perfection is here and now, not in some future, near or far. The secret is in action - here and now. It is your behavior that blinds you to yourself. Disregard whatever you think yourself to be and act as if you were absolutely perfect - whatever your idea of perfection may be. All you need is courage.”
“People may say what they like about the decay of Christianity the religious system that produced green Chartreuse can never really die.”
“The big lock-up is about drugs. Here's the real scam. The drug war is one of the games to get more convictions and prisoners.”
“Heard about the young deaf boy who used sign language-One day he told his mother a dirty joke and she washed his hands out with soap”
“Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you will soon be fighting again. Those quiet times give you the chance to think about what has happened. Some of it you would rather not think about, as you remember the pain and the sorrow. You also have time to worry about what will happen when you go into battle again.”

Source : Joseph Bruchac (2006). “Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two”, p.89, Penguin
“Life begins at forty, but so does arthritis, and the habit of telling the same story three times to the same person.”

Source : Sam Levenson (2016). “You Don't Have to Be in Who's Who to Know What's What: The Choice Wit and Wisdom of Sam Levenson”, p.87, Open Road Media

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