It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.
Patrick RothfussCharacter is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.
Patrick RothfussI thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her the songs and poems I had written, knowing that too much truth can ruin a thing. And if that meant she wasn't entirely mine, what of it? I would be the one she could always return to without fear of recrimination or question. So I did not try to win her and contented myself with playing a beautiful game. But there was always a part of me that hoped for more, and so there was a part of me that was always a fool.
Patrick Rothfuss