Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

I do not understand this man," [Tempi] said. "Is he attempting to buy sex with me? Or does he wish t...

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

Maple. MaypoleCatch and carry.Ash and Ember.Elderberry.Woolen. Woman.Moon at night.Willow. Window.Ca...

Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the se...

There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like...

We all know that when the lights are out all women are the same height!

I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insiste...

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

He hesitated, then lifted his head and sniffed. “Have you been drinking?” The question was more curi...

She took another step. The simple motion of her moving leg was like a dance, the unexaggerated shift...

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and deci...

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

I slept and I woke. She gave me a ring made from a leaf, a cluster of golden berries, a flower that ...

They were the best sort of friends. The sort everyone hopes for but no one deserves, least of all me...

There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth."Vashet smiled lazily. "And if th...

As I fingered my way through the songs, I felt my worries slough away. My music has always been the ...

Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself

My alar is like the ocean in storm. (Devi)

You are unmannerly,sharp-tounged, and show no respect for your betters,which is practically everyone...

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

She didn't know any better. Nobody had ever told her that she couldn't. Because of this, she moved t...

What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it o...

No man is brave that has never walked a hundred miles. If you want to know the truth of who you are,...

What is a whore?"Unsurprisingly, that hadn't been one of the words we had shared over the last span ...

There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, tr...

I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me pow...

I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. Isummoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, in...

So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what ...

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

You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of lo...

I shook again, tasted plum, and suddenly the words were pouring out of me."She said I sang before I ...

I want to hear you wound my lovely language with your rough barbarian tongue.

over his own dark Cealdish beard. “Nothing like your marvelous facebear,

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. ...

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a...

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of tr...

Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces...

It's a shame you left without a word, you know. She was just beginning to trust you before that. Bef...

It’s not over if you’re still here,” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

I thought of all the others who had tried to tie her to the ground and failed. So I resisted showing...

Bad business last night. Chances are, that would be all Graham had to say about the death of a man h...

Wilem: 'What is the word for that here? A man who is intimate with both women and men?''Lucky?' Denn...

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

I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be ...

Why wasn't I already kissing this woman? Why wasn't I naked, eating violets, and playing music under...

Maple. MaypoleCatch and carry.Ash and Ember.Elderberry.Woolen. Woman.Moon at night.Willow. Window.Ca...

Sought we the Scrivani word-work of SurthurLong-lost in ledger all hope forgotten.Yet fast-found for...

so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.

What is word for good together living? Nobody shits in the well?"I laughed. "Civilization?"He nodded...

She shelled the nuts and toasted them, jiggling them about in the pan. She sprinkled them with salt ...

He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places...

Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sw...

Congratulations, he said. "That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen." His expression was a mix of...

And there was Ambrose. To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavours of our relationship. I...

The Waystone was his, just as the third silence was his. This was appropriate, as it was the greates...

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves...

If not for him, I would never have become the man I am today. I ask that you not hold it against him...

She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cauti...

Then I felt something inside me break and music began to pour out into the quiet. My fingers danced;...

It's hard to be wrongfully accused, but it's worse when the people looking down on you are clods who...

She washed he hands,then looked at my side. "you haven't even had it stitched?" She said incredulous...

What about falling?' I asked. 'If you fall, you fall.' Elodin shrugged. 'Sometimes falling teaches u...

There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.

My father referred to it as "the finest song ever written for fifteen fingers." He made me play it w...

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a...

It was the sort of anger that comes to a slow boil inside the hearts of good men who want justice, a...

If I ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for sp...

Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.

There's looking and there's looking. When some men look at you it's a greasy thing. It makes you wan...

I am sorry to tell you this thing. Youu are a good man, and a pretty thing. But still, you are only ...

But only a fool claims there is no such thing as love. When you see two young ones taring at each ot...

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lighting´s going to strike".

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

If she was beautiful at rest she was doubly so awake. Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she...

Bast looked at him incredulously."The whole world is burning down,"he said."Open your eyes.

Anything you say at this point cannot be trusted. You know I am well and truly angry, so you are in ...

They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have...

I am Edema Ruh to my bones. That means my blood is red. It means I breathe the free air and walk whe...

Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands.

The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)

Wrong things never lead to success. If a man acts wrongly and succeeds, that is not the way. Without...

Sharing silence between us. Sometimes is all you can share.

Pride is the luxury of the strong".

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

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

There is a great difference between a gift given freely, and one that's meant to tie you to a man.

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

But laugh?" He pressed the flat of his hand against my stomach. "Here lives laugh." He ran his finge...

I’d heard you were dead.”"I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t...

He beat you." And as I spoke the words I felt a terrible anger come together inside me. It wasn't ho...

...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

One wife, you're happy, two and you're tired, three and they'll hate each other, four and they'll ha...

It's quite enough to have a secret. Anything more would be greedy.

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

Music is a proud, temperamental mistress. Give her the time and attention she deserves, and she is y...