"In my writing, I strive for a lyrical beauty somewhere between Tolkien at his best and Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf"

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Christopher Paolini

#Writing Quotes #Lyrical Quotes #Strive Quotes

“In Russia, show the least athletic aptitude and they've got you dangling off the parallel bars with a leotard full of hormones.”
“The budget evolved from a management tool into an obstacle to management.”
“Idle dreaming is often of the essence of what we do.”
“You can't get at the thing itself, the real nature of the sitter, by stripping away the surface. You can only get beyond the surface by working with the surface. All that you can do is manipulate that surface-gesture, costume, expression-radically and correctly.”
“One of the things that really intrigued us the most about the whole Wonder Woman mythology is the actual mythology of it. Her character has distinct roots in classic Greek mythology.”
“You can't love a person till you know him or her inside out, until you've lived with them and shared experience: sadness, joy, living - you've got to share living before you can find love. Being in love doesn't last, but you can find love to take its place.”
“This is very true: For my words are my own, and my actions are my ministers.”

Source : Reply to Lord Rochester's epitaph on him.
“The way I see it, rock n' roll is folk music.”

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