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“My mind was learning to work in different ways, becoming stronger. It felt the same way your body feels after a day of splitting wood, or swimming, or sex. You feel exhausted, languorous, and almost godlike. I could feel my mind starting to awaken.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“You need to learn your letters before you can write. You need to learn the fingerings on the strings before you play and sing.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“We've wandered too far from civilization, boys. The folk that need me don't trust me, and the ones that trust me can't afford me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Some small rational part of me realized I was in deep shock. It repeated the fact to me again and again. I did not want to think of what I saw. I did not want to know what had happened here. I did not want to know what any of this meant.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind