Christopher Paolini Men Quotations

It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.

Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do

There are decades in the making of the one man of renown; Multitudes that go unnoticed who must wreathe for him a crown.

I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a man a noble disposition or teaching him to think clearly, you'd do better to teach him to think clearly. Too many problems in this world are caused by men with noble dispositions and clouded minds.

It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe

A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I can do about it.

Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the one who's buried, while I get to enjoy at least a few more hours above the ground. Is it chance, random and cruel, or is there some purpose or pattern to all this, even if it lies beyond our ken?" -Roran

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.

Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.

After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of your brilliance of finding the only dead end. - Saphira