“Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Go out in the early days of winter, after the first cold snap of the season. Find a pool of water with a sheet of ice across the top, still fresh and new and clear as glass. Near the shore the ice will hold you. Slide out farther. Farther. Eventually you'll find the place where the surface just barely bears your weight. There you will feel what I felt. The ice splinters under your feet. Look down and you can see the white cracks darting through the ice like mad, elaborate spiderwebs. It is perfectly silent, but you can feel the sudden sharp vibrations through the bottoms of your feet.
That is what happened when Denna smiled at me.”
― The Name of the Wind
That is what happened when Denna smiled at me.”
― The Name of the Wind
“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
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