The Name of the Wind

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way.”

“Practice makes the master.”

Pride is a foolish thing, but it is a powerful force.

“There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.”

“You should aim higher. A young man ought to be afire with high ambitions.”

for hoping is a foolish game.

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

‘Small deeds for small men,’

“There’s no good story that doesn’t touch the truth,”

“Silanxi, I bind you. By the name of stone, be still as stone. Aeruh, I command the air. Lay leaden on your tongue. Selitos, I name you. May all your powers fail you but your sight.”