# Quote — Christopher Paolini, Eragon

> It is your wyrd that shapes you. Every age needs an icon — perhaps that lot has fallen to you. Farm boys are not named for the first Rider without cause. Your namesake was the beginning, and now you are the continuation. Or the end.

- Author: [Christopher Paolini](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini.md)
- Book: [Eragon](https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eragon.md)
- Page: 430
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Eragon#Eragon_and_Saphira) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/christopher-paolini/eragon/it-is-your

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> May your swords stay sharp.

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> Eragon: Thanks, again.

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> "May the coming years bring you great happiness."

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