"The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done."

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Christopher Paolini

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“I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.”
“All is lost! Monks, Monks, Monks! So, now all is gone - Empire, Body, and Soul!.”
“I wanted many of the poems to have long legs. At first I was calling them clothespin poems, before I knew what I was doing. The lines seem pulled on either end, tight and taut against the wind.”
“From theÂ Â 5th grade through the 4th year of college, our young people are beingÂ Â indoctrinated with a Marxist philosophy and I am fearful of the harvest. The younger generation is further to theÂ Â left than most adults realize. The old concepts of our Founding Fathers areÂ Â scoffed and jeered at by young moderns whose goals appear to be theÂ Â destruction of integrity and virtue, and the glorification of pleasure,Â Â thrills, and self-indulgence.”
“It bothered me that whatever was waiting wasn't waiting for me”
“When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!”
“Don't go getting full of yourself becuase once you do, somebody's going to come and let the wind out of your sails”
“I write scenes - often quite long scenes - mainly because I still get seduced into writing six lines where one and a half will do.”

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