Time Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

“Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Then he turned it the third time, and the boy's ass fell off.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“A real story takes time to prepare”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“I took the time to fret uselessly about things I had no control over.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.

— Patrick Rothfuss

No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“I’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are,” I said.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

— Patrick Rothfuss

“In the future, when Joss Whedon and I are best friends and hanging out together in my tree fort, I hope Neil…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It took him a long, miserable time before he realized the truth of things: There is a great deal of difference between…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

“The wild women in his lap,' my father enthused, 'laying their breasts on his head.' There was a moment of stunned silence.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

I was pretty poor for a long time. Not *poor* poor. But college student poor. I lived for most of my adult…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

“There's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle until the water clears otherwise…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

I'm struggling with what is epic. People decided I was epic - if by epic, do you mean a big, heavy book?…

— Patrick Rothfuss

The problem with dragons is that everyone uses them. All the time. When that happens, they become commonplace. A lot of people…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Let me say this. It was worth the whole awful, irritating time spent searching the Archives just to watch that moment happen.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

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

My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“I remember one time I looked for the stone for almost an hour before I consented to ask the other half (of…

— Patrick Rothfuss

After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“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

“Once upon a time,” I began. “There was a little boy born in a little town. He was perfect, or so his…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“You can divide infinity an infinite number of times, and the resulting pieces will still be infinitely large,” Uresh said in his…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Kvothe looked at Bast for a long moment. “Oh Bast,” he said softly to his student. His smile was gentle and sad.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her for an impossible amount of time. Lost in…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Then, slowly, my feet settled to the ground. Before I had taken six steps I sagged like a sail when the wind…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“PERHAPS THE GREATEST FACULTY our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“It had felt as if I were truly awake for the first time, true knowledge running like ice in my blood. The…

— Patrick Rothfuss