The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle #1) by Patrick Rothfuss

'I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings, I burned down the town of Treban. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.

My name is Kvothe. You may have heard of me'