Here's the thing: Authors live or die by recommendations. [That's one of the reason I review so many books on Goodreads.] Giving… — 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
If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They… — 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
“When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.” — 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
He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will… — 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
I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
For people who don't know, the fundraiser works like this: people donate to Worldbuilders and they're automatically entered to win geeky swag… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
However, while being able to think about two things at the same time is a terribly convenient, the training it takes to… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs-breath. I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in… — 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
The myth stems from the belief that writing is some mystical process. That it's magical. That it abides by its own set… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe” — 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 talk," I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
“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 Image
He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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