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

Only a fool worries over what he can’t control.

Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to think of little things that would add to the movie. I like to think the powers that be would let me amuse myself with some small things in order to shut me up while they re-write the screenplay to turn Kvothe into a lesbian, shape-changing unicorn.

Why are you smiling?' 'I'm relieved,' I said honestly. 'I was worried I'd given myself cadmium poisoning, or I had some mysterious disease. This is just someone trying to kill me.

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

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.

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?