The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)

by Patrick Rothfuss

Even a blind pig finds an acorn once in a while.

I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense.

“But we are all creatures of habit. It is far too easy to stay in the familiar ruts we dig for ourselves. Perhaps I even viewed it as fair. My punishment

Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.