

“A poet is a musician that can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“Names are the shape of the world, and a man who can speak them is on the road to power”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“That's the first thing you said to me. I was just wondering why you're here. My seven words, I've been wondering the same thing for so long.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“And if you had the right sort of mind, the sort of mind that actually sees what it looks at, you might notice that his eyes were odd. If your mind had the rare talent of not being fooled by its own expectations, you might notice something else about them, something strange and wonderful.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

“It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind
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