Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

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• But sometimes the best help a person can find is helping someone else. Best
• ...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking. Child
• That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain. Another Lesson
• On his first hand he wore rings of stone, Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone. There were rings unseen on his second hand, One blood in… Air
• It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission. Exciting
• I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it. Count
• There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard. Backyard
• One of them had a large wooden sign nailed to its door proclaiming, NO SYMPATHY! I wondered what non-arcane visitors might think of the warning. Arcane
• I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself. Always Liked
• I learned to love the feel of good words. Feel
• Could you help me catch the moon?” “I might be able to give you some advice,” the old man said reluctantly. “But first you should… Able
• If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way Remember
• Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in my heart. I… Bright
• After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were sticking his hand… Addressed
• Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time,… Cannot Help
• Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game? Beautiful
• My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it. Bad
• The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets. Air
• But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect. Despite
• My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous Cat

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