“The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the three, wrapping the others inside itself. It was deep and wide as autumn’s ending. It was heavy as a great river-smooth stone. It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“Knowing your own ignorance is the first step to enlightenment.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear
“The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.”
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“Fools believe silence is a void needing to be filled; the wise understand there's no such thing as silence.”
― Age of Myth
― Age of Myth
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