

“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“All the truth in the world is held in stories.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear

“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said.
"There's an easy way?" I asked.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
"There's an easy way?" I asked.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
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