“I've told you before, Salmeo, you may be more woman than man but you cannot think like one of us.”

“You may be a princess or the richest woman in the world, but you cannot be more than a lady.”

“You cannot think of any greater gift that could come to a man or woman than the freedom of choice.”

“I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.”

“Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before I start. I've told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies and harder truths. Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold. That, I think, was easier than this. Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.”

“Think twice before you speak, and then you may be able to say something more insulting than if you spoke right out at once.”