“The rope that pulls you from the flood can become a noose around your neck.”
Source: And the Mountains Echoed
“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.”
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Patrick Rothfuss
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The Name of the Wind
Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 39, “Enough Rope” (p. 281)
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