Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially.

Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking it so hard my hand bled. That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.

You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.

This is how deeply rooted stories are, folks. We crave them before we can walk, and we start telling them before we can talk.

If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one.