“I took the time to fret uselessly about things I had no control over.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“In the future, when Joss Whedon and I are best friends and hanging out together in my tree fort, I hope Neil… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind. — 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
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
“My fear is, what is the larger effect of my book on the world and on the minds of the people who… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“For the first time in my life I understood the true purpose of this sort of formal greeting. It gives you a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
How about this?' Simmon asked me. "Which is worse, stealing a pie or killing Ambrose?" I gave it a moment's hard thought.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
You've got a great chance in college to do all sorts of terrible irresponsible things, and you should totally do them. I… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Celean looked at me for a moment, the hint of a serious line between her pale eyebrows. Then she laughed brightly and… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It's easy to forget when you're around." She stopped walking for a moment and I had to stop too, as she'd linked… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Humans are kind of story-propagating creatures. If you think of how we spend our days, think of all the time you spend… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I started a novel back in high school. It wasn't very good. It was the opposite of good. The writing itself wasn't… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“TOWARD THE END OF the summer I accidentally overheard a conversation that shook me out of my state of blissful ignorance. When… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“You can divide infinity an infinite number of times, and the resulting pieces will still be infinitely large,” Uresh said in his… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Once upon a time,” I began. “There was a little boy born in a little town. He was perfect, or so his… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her for an impossible amount of time. Lost in… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Many memories are simply painful, and there's no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
We need time to relax and enjoy ourselves too, no matter how dark the story. The occasional humorous moment helps with that.… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a… — 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’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.” Bast nodded eagerly at this,… — 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’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are,” I said.” — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
It's not prowess if you watch 5 hours of TV a day. It's just how you choose to spend your time. — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“We talked about who we liked in the University, but more time was spent mulling over who we didn’t like, and why,… — 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
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 Image
