“It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
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“Too many of us take great pains with what we ingest through our mouths, and far less with what we partake of through our ears and eyes.”
― The Way of Kings
― The Way of Kings
“The best lies about me are the ones I told.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“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
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