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“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

“Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“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