I needed to let them know they couldn’t hurt me. I’ve learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can’t be hurt.
She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.
The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
85% of modern music doesn’t have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me one woman on the top ten right now who isn’t absolutely smoking hot. You think that’s a coincidence?
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.
Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I’ll watch Brittany’s Toxic music video all day. But there’s a difference between that and listening to Leo Kottke play guitar. One is entertainment. The other is Music.
I swear I’ve never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren’t naturally charming, someone would have stabbed you by now.
Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?
Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing something down is a magical act.
Someone’s parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.
I believe a writer’s most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.
Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
I don’t speak fluent bumpkin...
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women.
It’s my opinion that if you’re trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can’t help but touch on important issues. Those issues are what make us human.
The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.
It’s hard for me to take myself too seriously when I’m constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.
I’ve never really understood the desire people have to quantify a baby. “He’s X big and Y long,” As if the baby is a fish you’re not sure you’re going to keep. Or some prize potato you’re hoping will win a prize at the county fair.
If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.
Barbarian that I am, I had eaten all of it. It had tasted quite nice too. Still, I took note of this fact and resigned myself to throw away half of a perfectly good cheese if it was set in front of me. Such is the price of civilization.