4 Quotes by Christopher Paolini about war


  • Author Christopher Paolini
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    Farming is backbreaking work, but at least it is honest labor. This killing isn’t honest. It is thievery… the thievery of men’s lives, and no right-minded person should aspire to it.

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  • Author Christopher Paolini
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    A true warrior,” she said, “does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to. A man who yearns for war, a man who enjoys his killing, he is a brute and a monster. No matter how much glory he wins on the battlefield, that cannot erase the fact that he is no better than a rabid wolf who will turn on his friends and family as soon as his foes.

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    The true agony of war isn't being wounded yourself, it's having to watch those you care about being hurt.

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