Patrick Rothfuss

There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

As my father used to say: “There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.”

“Piss on etiquette,” Threpe said petulantly. “Etiquette is a set of rules people use so they can be rude to each other in public.”

Wisdom precludes boldness.

It was just as Mandrag said: Nine tenths of alchemy was chemistry. And nine tenths of chemistry was waiting.

That’s a whole new type of stupid.

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.

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.

She looked at me. Looked away. “You think too much of me.”

I smiled. “Perhaps you think too little of yourself.”

Nobles’ sons are one of nature’s great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. When you’re struck with one of these catastrophes, the only thing an average man can do is grit his teeth and try to minimize the damage.