Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

sooner begun is sooner done

Too much truth can ruin a thing. And if that meant she wasn't entirely mine, what of it? I would be the one she could always return to without fear of recrimination or question. So I did not try to win her and contented myself with playing a beautiful game.

Ben's training has given me a memory so clean and sharp I have to be careful not to cut myself sometimes.

As with many things, hesitation is better than hurry.

She listened, then opened up the door and looked again. Nothing. But simply seeing did not help. She knew that seeming wasn't hardly half of things.

Deoch, mi corazón es más duro que el cristal. Cuando ella lo golpee, comprobará que es fuerte como el latón al hierro, o como una mezcla de oro y adamante. No creas que no soy consciente, que soy como un ciervo asustado que se queda paralizado al oír las cornetas de los cazadores. Es ella quien debería andarse con cuidado, porque cuando lo golpee, mi corazón producirá un sonido tan hermoso y tan claro que la hará venir hacia mí volando.

What about falling?' I asked. 'If you fall, you fall.' Elodin shrugged. 'Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake.

Sí, es como la vida misma- replicó ella-. Nos gustan las cosas dulces, pero necesitamos las amargas.

Hagas lo que hagas en la vida, tu ingenio te defenderá más a menudo que una espada. ¡Cultívalo!.

Everyone knows one story, I thought. Everyone knows at least one.

But we are all creatures of habit. It is far too easy to stay in the familiar ruts we dig for ourselves.

El orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas

What is a whore?" Unsurprisingly, that hadn't been one of the words we had shared over the last span of days. For half a moment I considered lying, but there was no way I could manage it. "He says your mother is a person men pay money to have sex with." Tempi turned back to the mercenary and nodded graciously. "You are very kind. I thank you.

Luego toqué la canción que se esconde en el centro de mí. Esa música sin letra que recorre los rincones secretos de mi corazón. La toqué con cuidado, desgranando las notas lenta y suvamente en el oscuro silencio nocturno. Me gustaría poder decir que es una canción alegre, que es dulce y animada, pero no lo es.

This story is for all the slightly broken people out there. I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me. Pat Rothfuss

Oh come now," Bast reproached, his smile falling away. "That's just insulting." "By earth and stone, I abjure you!" Kote dipped his fingers into the cup by his side and flicked droplets casually in Bast's direction. "Glamour be banished!" "With cider?" Bast managed to look amused and annoyed at the same time as he daubed a bead of liquid from the front of his shirt. "This better not stain.

Has deducido una verdad universal: la realidad suele ser injusta.

Quizá lo bello sea moverse según la propia naturaleza.

Y entonces haría un nombre para él

No hace falta que os explique lo irritante que resulta intentar mantener una conversación con una persona que se niega a mirarte a los ojos." - Kvothe

The Chancellor looked down at the paper in front of him. He cleared his throat. 'Re'lar Ambrose, are you a donkey?' Ambrose went stiff. 'No, sir,' he said. 'Are you possessed of,' he cleared his throat and read directly off the page. 'A pizzle bound to fizzle?' A few of the masters struggled to control smiles. Elodin grinned openly. Ambrose flushed. 'No sir.' 'Then I'm afraid I don't see the problem,' the Chancellor said curtly, letting the paper settle to the table.

Era un sonido paciente e impasible como el de las flores cartadas; el silencio de un hombre que espera la muerte.

Las palabras no siempre pueden hacer el trabajo para el que las necesitamos. La música existe para cuando nos fallan las palabras

But this was not a time for begging favors from the moon. Not now. She could not rush and neither could she be delayed. Some things were simply too important.