Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“But all that really matters is what happens when the audience is watching. This is a truth all troupers know.” — 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
“I don't mind being called a liar. I am. I am a marvelous liar. But I hate being called a liar when… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“In my defense, I could have dispensed with the truth entirely and told a much better story. Lies are simpler, and most… — 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
“Too much truth can ruin a thing. And if that meant she wasn't entirely mine, what of it? I would be the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
...hear rumors and go digging for the painful truth beneath the lovely lies. You believe you have a right to these things,… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
All stories are true,” Skarpi said. “But this one really happened, if that’s what you mean.” He took another slow drink, then… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“So much was so easy. Glamour was second nature. It was just making folk see what they wanted to see. Fooling folk… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they… — 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
“If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Now the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Pure truth," I said. "You are my bright penny by the roadside. You are worth more than salt or the moon on… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing her… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It´s one thing to enjoy a story, but it´s quite another to take it for the truth.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“how thin the line is between the truth and a compelling lie. Between history and an entertaining story.” Chronicler gave his words… — 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
![“Pure truth," I said. "You are my bright penny by the roadside. You are worth more than salt or the moon on a long night of walking. You are sweet wine in my mouth, a song in my throat, and laughter in my heart. [...] "You are too good for me," I said, "You are a luxury I cannot afford. Despite…” quote by Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e07/patrick-rothfuss-145_romantic_pure-truth-i-said-you-are-my-bright-penn_1986885.jpg)
