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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
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”
― To Kill a Mockingbird
― To Kill a Mockingbird
“You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“It's a shame you left without a word, you know. She was just beginning to trust you before that. Before you got angry. Before you ran off. Just like every other man in her life. Lusting after her, full of sweet words, then just walking away. Leaving her alone. Good thing she's used to it by now, isn't it? Otherwise you might have hurt her. Otherwise you just might have broken that poor girl's heart”
― 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
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