# Quote — Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

> I have been called Kvothe the Bloodless, Kvothe the Arcane, and Kvothe Kingkiller. I have earned those names. Bought and paid for them.
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> But I was brought up as Kvothe. My father once told me it meant “to know.”
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> I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned.
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> I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
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> You may have heard of me.

- Author: [Patrick Rothfuss](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss.md)
- Book: [The Name of the Wind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind.md)
- Page: 58
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind/i-have-been

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> Everyone thinks chemistry and alchemy are so similar, but they’re really not. They’re not even related. They just happen to live in the same house.

p. 328 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind/everyone-thinks-chemistry.md)

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

p. 318 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind/there-are-three.md)

> Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man’s will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

p. 672 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-name-of-the-wind/words-are-pale.md)