Quotes About Identity

The Lethani is the same everywhere," she said firmly. "It is not like the wind, changing from place to place." "The Lethani is like water," I responded without thinking. "It is itself unchanging, but it shapes itself to fit all places. It is both the river and the rain." She glared at me. "Who are you to say the Lethani is like one thing and not another?" "Who are you to do the same?

You are unmannerly,sharp-tounged, and show no respect for your betters,which is practically everyone given your lowly ravel birth." "I am Edema Ruh to my bones. That means my blood is red. It means I breathe the free air and walk where my feet take me. I do not cringe and fawn like a dog at a man's title. That looks like pride to people who have spent their lives cultivating supple spines" -Kvothe

Some places had names. Some places changed, or they were shy about their names. Some places had no names at all, and that was always sad. It was one thing to be private. But to have no name at all? How horrible. How lonely.

Clothes do not make the man, but you need the proper costume to play the part.

Nothing was nothing else. Nothing was anything it shouldn't be.

Wilem: 'What is the word for that here? A man who is intimate with both women and men?' 'Lucky?' Denna suggested. 'Tired? Ambidextrous?' 'Ambisextrous,' I corrected.

If we don't have impressive-sounding names for things, no one will take us seriously.

Todos nos contamos una historia sobre nosotros mismos. Siempre. Continuamente. Esa historia es la que nos convierte en lo que somos. Nos construimos a nosotros mismos a partir de esa historia.

Strength of body. Strength of mind. strength of personality. All this things lie within a person. They define us. They determine our limits.

You may have heard of me.

Celean looked at me for a moment, the hint of a serious line between her pale eyebrows. Then she laughed brightly and brought up her hands. "I am Celean," she proclaimed. "My mother is of the third stone. I am Adem born, and I am the one who will throw you to the ground." She was as good as her word.

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Soy Ruh hasta la médula, y cuando ha terminado la escena, sé salir del escenario.

The poorer you are, the more your pride is worth.

Y entonces haría un nombre para él

Names are the shape of the world, and a man who can speak them is on the road to power

everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

Los nombres son importantes porque dicen mucho sobre la persona.

Hay dos cosas que debéis recordar. La primera es que nuestros nombres nos dan forma, y que nosotros damos forma a nuestros nombres. —Dejó de pasearse y nos miró—. La segunda es que hasta el nombre más sencillo es tan complejo que vuestra mente jamás podría tantear siquiera sus límites, y mucho menos entenderlo lo bastante bien para pronunciarlo.

Eres muy bueno. Creo que prefiero que me llames Denna. Cuando tú lo dices suena diferente. Dulce.

and he was absolutely not a selas sort.

Amazing, isn't it?" Kvothe addressed them bitingly. "Five fingers and flesh with blood beneath. One could almost believe that on the other end of that hand lay a person of some sort.

El hábito no hace al monje, pero si quieres interpretar un papel, necesitas el disfraz adecuado.

Todos nos convertimos en lo que pretendemos ser.