The Name of the Wind

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

"Magic is the subtle art of understanding how the world works."

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

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

"A poet and a madman differ in their accounting of words."

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

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

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

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

"Half measures avail us nothing."

"You can't copyright a name. But you can learn to use one."

"Master Hemme had a student once, years ago. Bright boy. Learned his runes quick enough. But he was arrogant. Thought he understood the deep magic because he knew the names of a few small things."

"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."

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

"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 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."