It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“His voice is like a thunderstorm, and his hands know every secret hidden deep beneath the cool, dark earth.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I swear I've never met a man who has your knack for lack of social grace. If you weren't naturally charming, someone… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it. — 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
I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I believe it, Chronicler found himself thinking. Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. This is the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It is quite a thing. There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
When the hearthfire turns to blue, what to do? what to do? run outside, run and hide when his eyes are black… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But… — 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
I would never normally approach a woman in this way, but I couldn't help but notice that you have the eyes of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greatest silence of the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Over the last month I had pulled a woman from a blazing inferno. I had called fire and lighting down on assassins… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You still think I've gone cracked in the head," Ben said, amused. "Listen, if tomorrow we pulled into Biren and someone told… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Writing from a teen's perspective is easy as pie. At least I've actually been a teen. I've never been a woman, or… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before… — 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
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Elodin proved a difficult man to find. He had an office in Hollows, but never seemed to use it. When I visited… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You are an educated man. You know there are no such things as demons." Bast smiled a terrible smile. "There is only… — 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
“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
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
