Inheritance Quotes

“Angela said something similar about enemies—that if you didn’t make them, you were a coward or worse.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“see what you are looking at, and then take the action you deem most appropriate. And once you are in motion, do not allow your thoughts to distract you. Think without thinking, so that you act as if out of instinct and not reason.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“You cannot predict every eventuality, and you cannot guarantee success every time you face an enemy, but by seeing all and discounting nothing, you may adapt without hesitation to any change. The warrior who can adapt the easiest to the unexpected is the warrior who will live the longest.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“Instead, you must strive to be calm, even if a hundred ravening enemies are snapping at your heels. Empty your mind and allow it to become like a tranquil pool that reflects everything around it and yet remains untouched by its surroundings. Understanding will come to you in that emptiness, when you are free of irrational fears about victory and defeat, life and death.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“You have allowed yourself to become angrier than you should, said Glaedr softly. Anger has its place, but it will not help you here. The way of the warrior is the way of knowing. If that knowledge requires you to use anger, then you use anger, but you cannot wrest forth knowledge by losing your temper. Pain and frustration will be your only reward if you try.”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“A Flour Made of Flame”
― Christopher Paolini, Inheritance

“Pero para llegar a la maestría hace falta arte. Es necesario imaginación y reflexión. Y estas son las cualidades que todos los grandes guerreros comparten, aunque, en apariencia, parezcan completamente distintos.”
― Christopher Paolini, Legado