Beauty loses its meaning when you’re surrounded by too much of it.


“You’re my safe harbor in an endless stormy sea. You’re my shady willow on a sunny day. You’re sweet music in a distant room. You’re unexpected cake on a rainy day. You’re my bright penny on the roadside, you are worth more than the moon on the long night walk. You are sweet wine in my mouth, a song in my throat and laughter in my heart.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear

“Could you help me catch the moon?”
“I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should think this over, boy. When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you’ll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
“I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should think this over, boy. When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you’ll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.”
― The Wise Man's Fear

“To be so lovely and so lost. To be all answerful with all that knowing trapped inside. To be beautiful and broken.”
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things
― The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.”
― The Wise Man's Fear
― The Wise Man's Fear

“Lovely as the moon: not flawless, perhaps, but perfect.”
― The Name of the Wind
― The Name of the Wind

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