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“Being a detective isn’t all about torture and murder and monsters. Sometimes it gets truly unpleasant.” “But I don’t like them!” she whined. “The fate of the world may depend on whether or not you can bring yourself to visit your
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“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.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
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