The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“there are two types of secrets. There are secrets of the mouth and secrets of the heart. Most” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink. — 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
There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard. — 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
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
Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is… — 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 knelt and opened up my lute case. Moving the lute aside, I pressed the lid of the secret compartment and twisted… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I brought you a ring." It was made of warm, smooth wood. "What does it do?" I asked. "It keeps secrets," she… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“I brought you a ring.” It was made of warm, smooth wood. “What does it do?” I asked. “It keeps secrets,” she… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“In a later chapter, less argued over and less well-known, Teccam explains that there are two types of secrets. There are secrets… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Teccam explains that there are two types of secrets. There are secrets of the mouth and secrets of the heart. Most secrets… — 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
