The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 2)

all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.

“The Lethani is right action. Right way. Right time.”

“It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.” I spread my blanket on the ground and folded over the threadbare tinker’s cloak to wrap myself in. “That way, when he finds the answers, they

“The point,” Bredon said grandly, “is to play a beautiful game.” He lifted his hands and shrugged, his face breaking into a beatific smile. “Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?”

I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind.

It was only then I realized I didn’t know the name of Elodin’s class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin’s name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: “Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass.” I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.

there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

“Think what you want about making babies. Believe in demons. Pray to a goat. So long as it doesn’t bruise me, why should I bother myself?”

If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name.