Language is inexorably tied to power and understanding. And power and understanding are the roots of magic. Just the act of writing… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Elodin pointed down the street. "What color is that boy's shirt?" "Blue." "What do you mean by blue? Describe it." I struggled… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“He laid a hand on my shoulder. “Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Is there a connection between language and magic? Yes. Ten times yes. So much yes that it almost doesn't bear talking about.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“...But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Re'lar Kvothe," he said seriously. "I am trying to wake your sleeping mind to the subtle language the world is whispering. I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” — 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
“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
Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Elodin pointed down the street. "What color is that boy's shirt?" "Blue." "What do you mean by blue? Describe it." I struggled… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
After I'd been in college for a couple years I'd read Shakespeare and Frost and Chaucer and the poets of the Harlem… — 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
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
