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- I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy.…
- I'm pretty good at putting up drywall and I'm an excellent kisser. That's pretty much all of my skills right there.
- The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.
- Do you know what it's like to run spellcheck for six hours? It's like a party in purgatory. A party in purgatory where all they…
- Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before I start. I've…
- Still, these days when I daydream about the movie, I don't think about the big picture. It's more fun for me to think of little…
- No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really,…
- However, while being able to think about two things at the same time is a terribly convenient, the training it takes to get there is…
- The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. "All in favor…
- My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote mimicked the quaver…
- If I could sum it up in 50 words, I wouldn't have needed to write a whole novel about it.
- I knelt and opened up my lute case. Moving the lute aside, I pressed the lid of the secret compartment and twisted it open. I…
- I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with…
- Everyone knew what he was thinking. Certainly there were demons in the world. But they were like Tehlu’s angels. They were like heroes and kings.…
- She reached up and lay her hand on my cheek. "You have the sweetest face," she said, looking at me dreamily. "It's like the perfect…
- Vashet: “I will admit, I’ve never had a studen offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he’s worth my time.†Kvothe:…
- The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And…
- Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?" She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful?
- My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.
- Auri took it, and peered inside the small leather sack. “Why this is lovely, Kvothe. What lives in the salt?†Trace minerals, I thought. Chromium,…
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