Quotes from book

The Wise Man's Fear

“I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.”

“Just because I tread heavily on propriety's toes doesn't mean I can't play the game when it's of use to me.”

“That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.”

“Absence feeds affection.”

“The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.”

“Small facts lead to great knowing.”

“The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain.”

“My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous”

“Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.”

“How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?"
I gave it a moment's hard thought. "A meat pie, or a fruit pie?”

“I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.”

“There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule.”

“I’d heard you were dead.”
"I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.”

“I need you to breathe for me.”

“Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.”

“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.”

“… it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.”

“Today,' Elodin said brightly, 'we will talk about things that cannot be talked about. Specifically, we will discuss why some things cannot be discussed.”

“When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.”