#inheiritance

We do not merely study the past: we inherit it, and inheritance brings with it not only the rights of ownership, but the duties of trusteeship. Things fought for and died for should not be idly squandered. For they are the property of others, who are not yet born.

or How Much Does Biology Create Personality  “Gold Roger, the “King of the Pirates” had achieved it all. Wealth, fame, and power had all been his. Not surprisingly, the final words he spoke before they lopped off his head inspired adventurers throughout the world to sail the seas. ‘My treasure? Why, it’s right where I left it… It’s yours if you can find it…but you’ll have to search the whole…

I am the guardian Of other people’s treasures. Trapped into storing by ghosts I cling to. How do I untangle, Release these pieces Of their hopes Concretized?

Letter to my Dead Parents

I’m decluttering. Whatever shall I do with your treasures? They hide in front of me, whispering how they worked to shape who you were.

They distort who I want to be, cluttering my hopes with their commands, demanding I become subject to their shaping.

Forgive me: I have accepted only some of your gifts.

After spending the last year learning about writing, it pains me to read Brisingr. I love it, I mean fucking brisingr I have a fire-sword, what of it? But so many sentences are packed with useless description, forced emotion and cliche. Every character feels something and then has a little monologue explaining it. Not everything has to be likened to how a stream meets a boulder and must divide but will erode the bricks out of it. OhMyGod. It sometimes makes me mad to read it. 

He's also a big fan of obvious plot devices. What's this? She can turn herself into a human to go un-noticed and you have big ring full of power on your little hand. Just heal yourself at every turn - dats cool, being mortal is for chumps.