# Quote — Christopher Paolini, Eldest

> The songs of the dead are the lamentations of the living.

- Author: [Christopher Paolini](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini.md)
- Book: [Eldest](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eldest.md)
- Other languages: [pl](https://www.zielonecytaty.pl/christopher-paolini/najstarszy/piesni-umarlych-to-lamenty)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eldest/the-songs-of-the

## More from this book

> So tell me, is it true that men have ten toes, as is said?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eldest/so-tell-me.md)

> Shall we dance, friend of my heart?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eldest/shall-we-dance.md)

> Live in the present, remember the past, and fear not the future, for it doesn't exist and never shall. There is only now.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eldest/live-in-the.md)