“It was, I thought idly, the most polite punch I’d ever seen. It was the careful blow of a skilled carpenter pounding a nail: hard enough to drive it fully home, but not so hard as to bruise the wood around it.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Let me say this. It was worth the whole awful, irritating time spemt searching the Archives just to watch that moment happen. It was worth blood and the fear of death to see her fall in love with him. Just a little. Just the first faint breath of love, so light she probably didn't notice it herself. It wasn't dramatic , like some bolt of lightning with a crack of thunder following. It was more like when flint strikes steel and the spark fades almost to fast for you to see. But still, you know it's there, down where you can't see kindling.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Then, since all my other options seemed to be exhausted, I decided it would be best if I fell off the roof.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“there are two types of secrets. There are secrets of the mouth and secrets of the heart. Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the world. A secret of the mouth is like a stone in your boot. At first you’re barely aware of it. Then it grows irritating, then intolerable.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“I have it on good report that not only does Ambrose have a tiny, tiny penis, but he can only become aroused when in the presence of a dead dog, a painting of the Duke of Gibea, and a shirtless galley drummer.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
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