, which consists of the books Eragon
, Eldest
, Brisingr, and Inheritance. He lives in Paradise Valley, Montana, where he wrote his first book.
Christopher Paolini was raised in the area of Paradise Valley, Montana. His family members include his parents, Kenneth Paolini and Talita Hodgkinson, and his sister, Angela Paolini.
The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.
When you can have anything you want by uttering a few words, the goal matters not, only the journey to it.
No-one can function properly without occasional peace and quiet.
So tell me, is it true that men have ten toes, as is said?
Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.
Shall we dance, friend of my heart?
Applied properly, it [logic] can overcome any lack of wisdom, which one only gains through age and experience.
Those whom we love are often the most alien to us.
Characters are born from necessity.
My father's work will not go unfinished, even if it takes me to the grave. That is what I want you, as a rider, to understand. All of Ajihad's plans, all his strategies and goals, they are mine now. I will not fail him by being weak. The empire will be brought down, Galbatorix will with dethroned, and the rightful government will be raised.