GreatGreyOwl

“He looked down at me. "Congratulations," he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mixture of awe and disbelief

"Ever".”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I shook again, tasted plum, and suddenly the words were pouring out of me."She said I sang before I spoke. She said when I was just a baby she had the habit of humming when she held me. Nothing like a song. Just a descending third. Just a soothing sound. Then one day she was walking me around the camp, and she heard me echo it back to her. Two octaves higher. A tiny piping third. She said it was my first song. We sang it back and forth to each other. For years."I choked and clenched my teeth.
"You can say it,"Auri said softly."It's okay if you say it."
"I'm never going to see her again,"I choked out. Then I began to cry in earnest.
"It's okay,"Auri said softly."I'm here. You're safe.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“So rather than risk saying the wrong thing, I said nothing.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Stories don’t need to be new to bring you joy. Some stories are like familiar friends. Some are dependable as bread.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear