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“If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“We all become what we pretend to be.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“We didn’t have words. We didn’t have writing or maps or language, but we had music and in that music, we spoke victory and loss, sadness and rage. We sang fire and water, earth and sky. We wrote the history of the Battle of Lamos and told the story of Selisanae of the Sun and wove the tragedy of the lives and deaths of dragons in every land. It was marvellous.”
― Dragon of Ash & Stars: The Autobiography of a Night Dragon
― Dragon of Ash & Stars: The Autobiography of a Night Dragon
“A poet is a musician who can't sing.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
“All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then smiled again, his bright eyes dancing. “More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
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