The Name Of The Wind Quotes

“You think I'm playing at some game? You think iron will keep you safe? Hear my words, manling. Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath. Listen. You cannot hurt me. You cannot run or hide. In this I will not be defied.

I swear by all the salt in me: if you run counter to my desire, the remainder of your brief mortal span will be an orchestra of misery.

I swear by stone and oak and elm: I'll make a game of you. I'll follow you unseen and smother any spark of joy you find. You'll never know a woman's touch, a breath of rest, a moment's peace of mind.

And I swear by the night sky and the ever-moving moon: if you lead my master to despair, I will slit you open and splash around like a child in a muddy puddle. I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance. You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons. There is only my kind. You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me. -Bast”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Metal rusts, music lasts forever.”
― Patrick Rothfuss , The Name of the Wind

“I trouped, traveled, loved, lost, trusted and was betrayed.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“When necessity demands it, I'm an excellent liar. Not the noblest of skills, but useful. It ties closely to acting and storytelling, and I learned all three from my father, who was a master craftsman.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“—No piensas en mí como yo en ti. No me importa. Pero si también tienes frío, podrías acercarte y rodearme con los brazos. Solo un poco.
Con un nudo en la garganta, me acerqué, me senté a su lado y la abracé.
—Qué bien —dijo ella, más relajada—. Es como si hasta ahora siempre hubiera tenido frío.”
El Nombre Del Viento.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“You wouldn't think a girl in bandages with a blackened eye could be beautiful, but Denna was. Lovely as the moon: not flawless, perhaps, but perfect.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“La experiencia me ha enseñado que la mejor forma de protegerte es hacer creer a tus enemigos que no pueden hacerte daño.”
― Kvothe

“Kilvin’s face broke into a great white smile. “Good. I would not have wanted to lose you to the other side of the river. Music is a fine thing, but metal lasts.” He struck the table with two huge fingers to emphasize his point. Then he made a shooing motion with the hand that held his unfinished lamp. “Go. Do not be late for work or I will keep you polishing bottles and grinding ore for another term.” As I left, I thought about what Kilvin had said. It was the first thing he had said to me that I did not agree with wholeheartedly. Metal rusts, I thought, music lasts forever. Time will eventually prove one of us right.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I can tell the whole thing in one breath. I trouped, traveled, loved, lost, trusted and was betrayed.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Still there are worse things than playing in the rain.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Si miramos el fuego es porque parpadea, porque resplandece. Lo que atrae nuestra mirada es la luz, pero lo que hace que un hombre se acerque al fuego no tiene nada que ver con su resplandor. Lo que te atrae del fuego es el calor que sientes cuando te acercas a él. Con Denna pasaba lo mismo.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Solange wir Kinder sind, denken wir nur selten an die Zukunft. Diese Unschuld ermöglicht es uns, uns zu vergnügen, wie nur wenige Erwachsene das können. Der Tag, an dem wir beginnen, uns Gedanken über die Zukunft zu machen, ist der Tag, an dem wir unsere Kindheit hinter uns lassen.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“«En los meses de primavera todo está demasiado lleno de vida. En verano, está demasiado fuerte y no hay manera de soltarlo. El otoño... El otoño es el momento idóneo. En otoño todo está cansado y más dispuesto a morir.»”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Distrust turns quickly to dislike.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Que extraño ver la luz que alumbra a los mortales apagarse día a día, saber que sus brillantes almas son yesca y que el viento encontrará su propia guía. Ojalá pudiera prestarles mi fuego. ¿que presagia tu parpadeo?”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“En los meses de primavera todo está demasiado lleno de vida. En verano, está demasiado fuerte y no hay manera de soltarlo. El otoño... El otoño es el momento idóneo. En otoño todo está cansado y más dispuesto a morir.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Believe it with a faith that will move mountains and shake trees.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Have you ever been annoyed and amused with yourself at the same time? It's an interesting feeling, to say the very least.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I don't remember starting out that morning, but I do remember trying to sleep and feeling quite alone except for a dull, bittersweet ache.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“No piensas en mí como yo en ti. No me importa. Pero si también tienes frío, podrías acercarte y rodearme con los brazos. Solo un poco. Con un nudo en la garganta, me acerqué, me senté a su lado y la abracé. —Qué bien —dijo ella, más relajada—. Es como si hasta ahora siempre hubiera tenido frío.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“But an exceptionally clever student could take a book out-side, thus bettering himself without fear of lessening his much-loved faculty of sight.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Certainly. For now. But you of all people should realise how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.’ Chronicler gave his words a minute to sink in. ‘You know which will win, given time.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Una vez le canté los colores a un ciego. Toqué durante siete horas, pero al final me dijo que los veía: verde, rojo y dorado. Creo que eso fue más fácil que lo que intento hacer ahora. Tratar de que la entendáis describiéndola solo con palabras. Vosotros nunca la habéis visto ni habéis oído su voz. No podéis entenderlo.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“We've wandered too far from civilization, boys. The folk that need me don't trust me, and the ones that trust me can't afford me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“My mind was learning to work in different ways, becoming stronger. It felt the same way your body feels after a day of splitting wood, or swimming, or sex. You feel exhausted, languorous, and almost godlike. I could feel my mind starting to awaken.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“You need to learn your letters before you can write. You need to learn the fingerings on the strings before you play and sing.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who 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 no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Some small rational part of me realized I was in deep shock. It repeated the fact to me again and again. I did not want to think of what I saw. I did not want to know what had happened here. I did not want to know what any of this meant.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Time is the great healer, and so on.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind