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That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt. (Patrick Rothfuss)
I believe it, Chronicler found himself thinking. Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. This is the face of a man who has killed an angel. View quote
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I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself. View quote
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What are the three most important rules of the chemist?" This I knew from Ben. "Label clearly. Measure twice. Eat elsewhere. View quote
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My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous. View quote
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If you fall, you fall," Elodin shrugged. "Sometimes falling teaches us things too." In dreams you often fall before you wake. View quote
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Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. View quote
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Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning. View quote
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To be both rich and handsome was bad enough. But to have a voice like honey over warm bread on top of that was simply inexcusable. View quote
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Feel free to call me by my first name: Master. View quote
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Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy. (Patrick Rothfuss)
Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous". View quote
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When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due. View quote
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Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking it so hard my hand bled. That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink. View quote
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It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission. View quote
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Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets. View quote
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To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship. It was more like the two of us entered into a business partnership in order to more efficiently pursue our mutual interest of hating each other. View quote
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Cruelty never helped the turning of the world. View quote
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... nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth. View quote
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I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned. View quote
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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. (Patrick Rothfuss)
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women. View quote
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No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp! View quote
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What do they do to students at the University who eavesdrop?” Bast asked curiously. "I haven't the slightest idea. I was never caught. I think making you sit and listen to the rest of my story should be punishment enough. View quote
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No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up! View quote
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