“She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm a firm supporter of the word polyamory. But that one is close to my heart. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Looking puzzled, Rian crossed her legs. “Now that the gates of hell are closed,” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've read fantasy my whole life. Quite literally; my mom read me The Hobbit before I could read stuff to myself. So… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I know," she said. "You have a stone in your heart, and some days it's so heavy there is nothing to be… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It took him a long, miserable time before he realized the truth of things: There is a great deal of difference between… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's a shame you left without a word, you know. She was just beginning to trust you before that. Before you got… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Remember this, son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can’t sing. Words have to find a man’s… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“She tried to slide it back to proper true, but couldn't see the shape of it, and couldn't tell the way of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
It's like the query letter problem that I just mentioned, magnified a hundredfold. You might be good at telling a story, but that doesn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“Wilem snorted."That doesn't sound suspicious at all," he said. "And you wonder why people talk about you." "I don't wonder why they talk," I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
“There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
Soft fantasy worlds have a much looser cause-and-effect relationship. Alchemists can turn lead into gold and nobody wonders about how it will impact the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough? — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving books you… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share
