Christopher Paolini: Frasi in inglese (pagina 4)

Christopher Paolini è scrittore italoamericano. Frasi in inglese.
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“It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school — we had our own little world.”

As quoted in "Authors of the month: Christopher Paolini and Flavia Bujor" by Dina Rabinovtich in The Guardian (31 March 2004) http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2004/mar/31/booksforchildrenandteenagers
Contesto: It never struck me as interesting that I didn't go to school — we had our own little world. I always thought of kids who were going to regular school as if they're the others, the separate ones.

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

Christopher Paolini libro Brisingr

Variante: The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done. This is what fate demands of us.
Origine: Brisingr

“The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.”

Christopher Paolini libro Eldest

Opening line
Origine: Eldest (2005)

“Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are”

Christopher Paolini libro Inheritance

Murtagh, in parting words to Eragon
Origine: Inheritance (2011)
Contesto: When you teach them—teach them not to fear. Fear is good in small amounts, but when it is a constant, pounding companion, it cuts away at who you are and makes it hard to do what is right.