Kvothe

"I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I have burned down the Eld empire in time of war and rebuilt it in a time of peace. I have stolen a king's taxes once and spent it all on a beast made of bone and teeth. I have reached the end of the world and stood at the edge of the abyss. I have held回combs and smiled straight into the dark eyes of death."

"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you who you are."

"The desire for knowledge is a fire that is never quenched by what one learns. The more you know, the more you want to know."

"Half measures avail us nothing."

"I've been to many schools, but all the best learning happened on my own time."

"Magic is just a word for the things we don't understand yet."

"My name is Kvothe. I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings."

"There is no greater power than the power a person doesn't know they possess."

"The road to knowledge is a long one, but every step brings you closer to understanding."

"The world is not kind to those who are different."

"Fear is the mind killer, but knowledge is its cure."

"Music speaks what words cannot express."

"The heart wants what it wants, reason be damned."

"The world rewards cleverness and punishes foolishness."

"The smallest gesture can change everything."

"Some battles are won before they're fought."

"Strength comes not from might but from will."

"Words have the power to heal or wound."

"Some people are born great, others achieve it."

"The greatest magic is understanding others."

"The work we do defines who we become."

"It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you who you are"

"I have stayed in the rooms of the rich and slept in the alleys of the poor"

"A lot of people want to know why I chose to spend my life studying magic instead of making it"

"Cynicism is just disappointed idealism"

"Master Dal always said that the student who asks the most questions is the one who learns the most"

"I have loved and lost, and in that loss I have found myself"

"Fear is the mind killer"

"Music is the hidden arithmetic of the soul"

"I have spent my life learning how to break things that were supposed to be unbreakable"