“Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.”

“Feel free to call me by my first name: Master.”

“I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned”

“-No te calles por mi culpa, Kvothe -dijo con dulzura-. Echaría de menos el sonido de tu voz.”

“Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there will come a day when you call and she will not answer. So I began sleeping less to give her the time she needed.”

“Thieves, Heretics, and Whores”

“Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs-breath. I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in psychology, probability, and manual dexterity. I won almost two whole talents before they stopped inviting me back to their games.”