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“Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave.”
― Frederick Douglass

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

“And that's why books are never going to die. It's impossible. It's the only time we really go into the mind of a stranger, and we find our common humanity doing this. So the book doesn't only belong to the writer, it belongs to the reader as well, and then together you make it what it is.”
― Paul Auster

“Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the beautiful stillness that surrounds you when you hear an author's words reverberating in your head.”
― Paul Auster, The Brooklyn Follies

“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

“Do you know the best thing about broken hearts? They can only really break once the rest is just scratches.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Angel's Game

“I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.”
― Christopher Paolini

“One part brave, three parts fool!”
― Christopher Paolini

“Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.”
― Anne Rice, The Witching Hour

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind

“Utilizar palabras para hablar de palabras es como utilizar un lápiz para hacer un dibujo de ese lápiz sobre ese mismo lápiz. Imposible. Desconcertante. Frustrante.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Demasiados pensamientos, mi Kvothe. Sabes demasiado para ser feliz".”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Las preguntas que no podemos contestar son las que más nos enseñan. Nos enseñan a pensar. Si le das a alguien una respuesta, lo único que obtiene es cierta información. Pero si le das una pregunta,él buscara sus propias respuestas."...
-Así, cuanto más difícil es la pregunta, más difícil la búsqueda. Cuanto más difícil es la búsqueda, más aprendemos...”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Sólo los sacerdotes y los locos no tienen miedo a nada, y yo nunca me he llevado muy bien con Dios”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Me llamo Kvothe, que se pronuncia «cuouz».
Los nombres son importantes porque dicen mucho sobre la persona.
He tenido más nombres de los que nadie merece.

Los Adem me llaman Maedre. Que, según como se pronuncie,
puede significar la Llama, el Trueno o el Árbol Partido

Mi primer mentor me llamaba E’lir porque yo era listo y lo sabía.
Mi primera amante me llamaba Dulator porque le gustaba cómo sonaba. Me han llamado Kvothe el Sin Sangre, Kvothe el Arcano y Kvothe el Asesino de Reyes. Todos esos nombres me los he ganado.
Los he comprado y he pagado por ellos.

Pero crecí siendo Kvothe. Una vez mi padre me dijo que significaba «saber».

He robado princesas a reyes agónicos.
Incendié la ciudad de Trebon.
He pasado la noche con Felurian y he despertado vivo y cuerdo.
Me expulsaron de la Universidad a una edad a la que a la mayoría todavía no los dejan entrar.
He recorrido de noche caminos de los que otros no se atreven a hablar ni siquiera de día.
He hablado con dioses, he amado a mujeres y he escrito canciones que hacen llorar a los bardos.

Quizá hayas oído hablar de mí.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“...How would you like to die, Tyrion son of Tywin?"
"In my own bed, with a belly full of wine and a maiden's mouth around my cock, at the age of eighty," he replied.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Game of Thrones

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

“A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
― Steve Martin

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“There are too many other inexplicable things around us--horrors, threats, mysteries that draw you in and then inevitably disenchant you. Back to the predictable and humdrum. The prince is never going to come, everybody knows that; and maybe Sleeping Beauty's dead.”
― Anne Rice, The Queen of the Damned

“Let the flesh instruct the mind.”
― Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire

“The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

“Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

“Things you did. Things you never did. Things you dreamed. After a long time they run together.”
― Richard Ford, Canada

“People read books to escape the uncertainties of life.”
― Barbara Kingsolver

“As all advocates of feminist politics know most people do not understand sexism or if they do they think it is not a problem. Masses of people think that feminism is always and only about women seeking to be equal to men. And a huge majority of these folks think feminism is anti-male. Their misunderstanding of feminist politics reflects the reality that most folks learn about feminism from patriarchal mass media.”
― Bell Hooks

“A friend said to me, “Hey you need to grow a pair. Grow a pair, Bro.” It’s when someone calls you weak, but they associate it with a lack of testicles. Which is weird, because testicles are the most sensitive things in the world. If you suddenly just grew a pair, you’d be a lot more vulnerable. If you want to be tough, you should lose a pair. If you want to be real tough, you should grow a vagina. Those things can take a pounding.”
― Sheng Wang