--- title: "4 Lightning Quotes By Patrick Rothfuss" description: "4 Lightning quotes by Patrick Rothfuss. Plus more from Patrick Rothfuss and more Lightning sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/patrick-rothfuss-145_fool_a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-a_63184.jpg" --- > [A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-any-fool-knows-where-lightning/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/patrick-rothfuss-145_fool_a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-a_63184.jpg) > [Just a little. Just the first faint breath of love... It wasn’t dramatic, like some bolt of lightning with a crack of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/just-a-little-just-the-first-faint-breath-of-love-it-wasn-t-dramatic/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/25b/patrick-rothfuss-145_cracks_just-a-little-just-the-first-faint-breat_286746.jpg) > [“Bast's eyes were now the pale blue-white of lightning, his voice tight and fierce. "And I swear by the night and sky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/bast-s-eyes-were-now-the-pale-blue-white-of-lightning-his-voice-tight/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e39/patrick-rothfuss-145_quote_bast-s-eyes-were-now-the-pale-blue-white_1332316.jpg) > [Everyone knew what he was thinking. Certainly there were demons in the world. But they were like Tehlu’s angels. They were like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/everyone-knew-what-he-was-thinking-certainly-there-were-demons-in-the/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/52d/patrick-rothfuss-145_angel_everyone-knew-what-he-was-thinking-certa_1968900.jpg) ## Other authors on Lightning - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rick-riordan-79077.jpg) Rick Riordan 13 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/rick-riordan/) - [Mark Twain 10 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-friedrich-nietzsche-36363.jpg) Friedrich Nietzsche 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/friedrich-nietzsche/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-pablo-neruda-73079.jpg) Pablo Neruda 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/pablo-neruda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-charles-dickens-22226.jpg) Charles Dickens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/charles-dickens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-terry-pratchett-89528.jpg) Terry Pratchett 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/terry-pratchett/) - [Salim Akil 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/salim-akil/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-percy-bysshe-shelley-74544.jpg) Percy Bysshe Shelley 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/percy-bysshe-shelley/) - [Jarod Kintz 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/jarod-kintz/) ## More by Patrick Rothfuss > [Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/each-woman-is-like-an-instrument-waiting-to-be-learned-loved-and/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/it-s-like-the-query-letter-problem-that-i-just-mentioned-magnified-a/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“Prefiero tocar canciones que divierten a mis amigos que complacer a quienes me juzgan basándose solo en habladurías" - Kvothe”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/prefiero-tocar-canciones-que-divierten-a-mis-amigos-que-complacer-a/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/wilem-snorted-that-doesn-t-sound-suspicious-at-all-he-said-and-you/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/the-point-isn-t-to-win-the-game-the-point-is-to-play-a-beautiful-game/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-nervous-about-writing-slow-regard/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-am-no-poet-i-do-not-love-words-for-the-sake-of-words-i-love-words/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [“There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/there-is-something-deeply-satisfying-in-shaping-something-with-your/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/he-had-a-bright-reckless-tenor-that-was-always-wandering-off-looking/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-smiled-deoch-my-heart-is-made-of-stronger-stuff-than-glass-when-she/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I have a blog where I keep in touch with my fans. I write about things that are important to me. Sometimes on there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-have-a-blog-where-i-keep-in-touch-with-my-fans-i-write-about-things/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/soft-fantasy-worlds-have-a-much-looser-cause-and-effect-relationship/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/but-how-awful-would-that-be-how-terrible-to-live-surrounded-by-the/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/here-s-the-thing-authors-live-or-die-by-recommendations-that-s-one-of/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) > [I was pretty poor for a long time. Not \*poor\* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult life living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/i-was-pretty-poor-for-a-long-time-not-poor-poor-but-college-student/) [Patrick Rothfuss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-rothfuss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lightning/patrick-rothfuss/#itemlist", "name": "4 Lightning Quotes By Patrick Rothfuss", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Rothfuss" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-rothfuss/a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-any-fool-knows-where-lightning/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/patrick-rothfuss-145_fool_a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-a_63184.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/patrick-rothfuss-145_fool_a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-a_63184.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eca/patrick-rothfuss-145_fool_a-tree-doesn-t-make-a-thunderstorm-but-a_63184.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lightning's going to strike.” — Patrick Rothfuss", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Just a little. 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