The Name of the Wind

"I learned that sometimes the greatest strength is knowing when to surrender"

"The search for truth is more important than the truth itself"

"Some secrets are best left buried in the past"

"The present is a gift, which is why it is called the present"

"I have learned that the most dangerous things in the world are ideas"

"The greatest lesson I learned was that I knew nothing at all"

"A man's name is more than just a collection of sounds"

"To love is to risk everything"

"Understanding is the beginning of control"

"Some debts can never be repaid, only honored"

"I learned that monsters are not always what they seem"

"A true master knows when to teach and when to let the student find their own way"

"There are worse things than being forgotten, worse things than being remembered for the wrong reasons"

"Some men are meant to lead; others are meant to follow. I was never very good at either"

"I learned that the heart of magic is simple: ask for what you want"

"To find the beginning of infinity, one must first understand the middle"

"We are all stories in the end. Make yours a good one"

"There is a difference between knowing something and understanding it"

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

"Some questions cannot be answered; they can only be lived"

"Music is the hidden arithmetic of the soul"

"There are only two kinds of people in this world: those who understand hexadecimal, and those who don't"

"Talent is a matter of luck. Practice is a matter of choice"

"Fear is the mind killer"

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

"Magic is knowing the true name of a thing"

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

"Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power"

"Cynicism is just disappointed idealism"

"The truth is like a lion; you don't have to defend it. Let it loose; it will defend itself"