“[Simmon] "Go on." I [Kvothe] stayed where I was. "It's not that easy." "Nothing's ever easy with you," Wilem muttered.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Close your mouth, E'lir Kvothe, or I will feel obliged to put some vile tonic in it. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“And it was a secret thing, of sorts. I have always had a weakness for secrets.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Sólo los sacerdotes y los locos no tienen miedo a nada, y yo nunca me he llevado muy bien con Dios” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Wilem looked at me 'Why are you smiling?' "I'm relieved",I said honestly." I was worried I had given myself cadmium poisoning, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Ambrose turned on his heel and stormed off, but before he made it through the door, Elodin burst out singing: ‘He's a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“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… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Denna peered out of the hedge toward the path, and I looked at her. Her hair fell like a curtain down the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Maple. Maypole Catch and carry. Ash and Ember. Elderberry. Woolen. Woman. Moon at night. Willow. Window. Candlelight. Fallow farrow. Ash and oak.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“We can't do anything but snap at each other," I said. "The masters made sure of that. Anything too extreme would get… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Wilem tapped Simmon's shoulder."He's telling the truth." Simmon glanced over at him."Why would you say that?" "He sounds more sincere then that… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Celean looked at me for a moment, the hint of a serious line between her pale eyebrows. Then she laughed brightly and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Auri took it, and peered inside the small leather sack. “Why this is lovely, Kvothe. What lives in the salt?” Trace minerals,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It's easy to forget when you're around." She stopped walking for a moment and I had to stop too, as she'd linked… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“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… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I wasn't entirely surprised to find Elodin on Stonebridge. Very little about the Master Namer surprised me these days. He sat on… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Apparently the soft cheese I'd been served possessed a rind.A rind any civilized person would have recognized as inedible and meant to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“She has enough men fawning over her," I said. "They come and go like . . ." I strained to think of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“None were good enough for her, so I held them in contempt and hated them. They in turn hated and feared me.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Elodin pointed down the street. "What color is that boy's shirt?" "Blue." "What do you mean by blue? Describe it." I struggled… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Kvothe looked at Bast for a long moment. “Oh Bast,” he said softly to his student. His smile was gentle and sad.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It is easier to understand if you think of it in terms of music. Sometimes a man enjoys a symphony. Elsetimes he… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Sought we the Scrivani word-work of Surthur Long-lost in ledger all hope forgotten. Yet fast-found for friendship fair the book-bringer Hot comes… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“See a woman pale as snow? Silent come and silent go. What's their plan? What's their plan? Chandrian. Chandrian.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Vashet: “I will admit, I’ve never had a studen offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he’s worth… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Re'lar Kvothe," he said seriously. "I am trying to wake your sleeping mind to the subtle language the world is whispering. I… — 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
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