“Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“If you want to know of love, look to a trouper’s hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows. 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… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician's curse. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Music explains itself...It is the road and it is the map that shows the road. It is both together.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Poetry is a song without music. A song without music is like a body without a soul.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Asking to hold a musician’s instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man’s wife.” — 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 woeful small targets. Music… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“A poet is a musician that can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“But instead, she simply walked through the walls. She didn’t know any better. Nobody had ever told her she couldn’t. Because of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is yours. Slight her and there… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Asking to hold a musician's instrument is roughly similar to asking to kiss a man's wife. Nonmusicians don't understand. An instrument is… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Performance and music are inexorably tied together. And hell, I'll watch Brittany's Toxic music video all day. But there's a difference between… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
85% of modern music doesn't have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I...flipped open the lid, thinking my lute might enjoy the feel of a little sun on its strings. If you aren't a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Her playing was slow, almost stately. Too many people think speed is the hallmark of a good musician. It’s understandable. What Marie… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend… — 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… — 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
Then I felt something inside me break and music began to pour out into the quiet. My fingers danced; intricate and quick… — 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
“Think of music as being a great snarl of a city [...]. In the years I spent living there, I came to… — 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
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
![“Think of music as being a great snarl of a city [...]. In the years I spent living there, I came to know its streets. Not just the main streets. Not just the alleys. I knew shortcuts and rooftops and parts of the sewers. Because of this, I could move through the city like a rabbit in a bramble. I…” quote by Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/322/patrick-rothfuss-145_maze_think-of-music-as-being-a-great-snarl-of_2681063.jpg)
