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

by Patrick Rothfuss

“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

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

Triumph and folly. Think now. What does our story need? What vital element is it lacking?” “Women, Reshi,” Bast said immediately. “There’s a real paucity of women.”

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer.

“Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart’s yearning.”

“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”