The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss is the sequel to The Name of the Wind. The second volume in The Kingkiller Chronicle picks up right where it left off as Kvothe narrates his life story to The Chronicler. This book dives deeper into Kvothe’s past and focuses on the incredible adventures he embarked on that took him beyond the walls of the University. Just like the first book in this series, this book has some beautiful and meaningful quotes. So in this article, I have compiled the 21 best quotes from The Wise Man’s Fear.
1)
We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That’s as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.
Kvothe
2)
You have a stone in your heart, and some days it’s so heavy there is nothing to be done. But you don’t have to be alone for it.
Auri
3)
As with many things, hesitation is better than hurry.
Kvothe
4)
Will you never leave the house because you were scolded once?
Kilvin
5)
Clothes do not make the man, but you need the proper costume if you want to play the part.
Kvothe
6)
Everyone knows a man’s reputation except the man himself.
Sleat
7)
Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake.
Elodin
8)
That’s another problem with power. If you possess too much, people don’t dare point out your mistakes. Power can be a terrible thing.
Alveron
9)
It’s hard to long for something that is always there.
Kvothe
10)
It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.
Kvothe
11)
Stories don’t need to be new to bring you joy. Some stories are like familiar friends. Some are dependable as bread.
Kvothe
12)
Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.
Kvothe
13)
This is the nature of love. To attempt to describe it will drive a woman mad. This is what keeps poets scribbling endlessly away. If one could pin it to the paper all complete, the others would lay down their pens. But it cannot be done.
Vashet
14)
Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.
Vashet
15)
Losing a fight is forgivable. Losing your temper is not.
Vashet
16)
Personally, I think the line between being stupefied and being wise is sometimes very thin.
Kvothe
17)
If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.
Kvothe
18)
Sometimes leaving is the only thing you can do.
Kvothe
19)
There is a great difference between a gift given freely, and one that’s meant to tie you to a man.
Denna
20)
Gold can make a chain as easily as iron.
Kvothe
21)
There’s looking and there’s looking. When some men look at you it’s a greasy thing. It makes you want to have a bath. With other men it’s nice. It helps you know you’re beautiful.
Fela
If you would like to check out quotes from the first book in The Kingkiller Chronicle, make sure to read 21 Best Quotes from The Name of the Wind.
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