Patrick Rothfuss: "A poet is a musician who can't sing."

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady.

Some prices are too high to pay, no matter how much we may want the prize.

Sometimes the prize is not worth the price.

A man's character is determined by what he does when the rules don't bind him.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands.

What is love of one's country? Is it hate of one's uncountry?