The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle Book 1)

“Upon him I will visit famine and a fire. Till all around him desolation rings And all the demons in the outer dark Look on amazed and recognize That vengeance is the business of a man.”

I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.”

Plainly said, he was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn’t realize that once a noose is tied, it will fit one neck as easily as another.

one student in ten had half his fire I’d teach with a whip and chair instead of chalk and slate.” He brought his hand down hard on the table in front of him.

“Sometimes my mouth just starts talking and it takes my mind a little bit to catch up.”

Perhaps it is human nature to seek out hidden things. Perhaps it is simply my nature.

“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.”

“All snakes bite, Reshi. I don’t need their names to know they’re dangerous.

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.