

“Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear

“Vashet: “I will admit, I’ve never had a studen offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he’s worth my time.”
Kvothe: “That was nothing. Once I jumped off a roof.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
Kvothe: “That was nothing. Once I jumped off a roof.”
― The Wise Man's Fear

“I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear

“If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“Ah,' the innkeeper said. 'So you were getting ready to drink then?'
'Tiny Gods, yes,' Bast said. 'To great excess. What the hell else is there to do?”
― The Wise Man's Fear
'Tiny Gods, yes,' Bast said. 'To great excess. What the hell else is there to do?”
― The Wise Man's Fear
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