# Quote — Christopher Paolini, Eragon

> The sea is emotion incarnate. It loves, hates, and weeps. It defies all attempts to capture it with words and rejects all shackles. No matter what you say about it, there is always that which you can't.

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

## More from this book

> 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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