History Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

“for simplicity’s sake, let us assume I am the center of creation. In doing this, let us pass over innumerable boring stories: the rise…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.”

— Patrick Rothfuss

“As you begin to look deeply into the mystery of your own evolution, in place of good and evil you will find only stories,…

— Eric Micha'el Leventhal

“I live in a constant endeavour to fence against the infirmities of ill health, and other evils of life, by mirth; being firmly persuaded…

— Laurence Sterne

“He smiles and shakes his head, a smile that’s bewildered and content and still pursed by that same tender sadness that visited him by…

— Dane Huckelbridge

“He was a relentlessly cheerful presence, talked only of himself but so good-naturedly that she indulged him. He certainly laughed a good deal. Something…

— Julie Anne Long

“For the first time, also, I felt what the duties of a creator toward his creature were, and that i ought to render him…

— Mary Shelley

“Did I not feel charmed at those truly genuine expressions of nature, which, though but little mirthful in reality, so often amused us?”

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“The beauty of this world is Christ's tender smile coming to us through matter.”

— Simone Weil

“He stopped his act to take a snapshot of that instant he would so treasure- her delightful laughter that could make him do anything,…

— Faraaz Kazi

“I forced a swift smile, then turned back to my glass, salvation and sanctuary viniferously bundled into one.”

— Rex Pickett

“The selfsame well from which your laughter now rises was once filled with your tears... The deeper sorrow carves into your being, the more…

— Khalil Gibran