Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

Quizá un objeto adquiera belleza con el uso. -Quizá un objeto se use según su belleza.

She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important

As they say, a jeweler knows the uncut gem. And I am. And she was. And so.

trouped, traveled, loved, lost, trusted and was betrayed.

He called the wind and the wind came. It was magic. Real magic. The sort of magic I'd heard about in stories of Taborlin the Great. The sort of magic I hadn't believed in since I was six. Now I didn't know what to believe. So I invited him into our troupe, hoping to find answers to my questions. Though I didn't know it at the time, I was looking for the name of the wind.

Es evidente que entiendes el Lethani -repuso Vashet-. Está enraizado dentro de ti. Demasiado hondo para que lo veas. A veces ocurre lo mismo con el amor.

once together, always together.

Con la edad se deterioran muchas cosas. Las manos y la espalda cobran rigidez. La visión empeora. La piel se vuelve áspera y la belleza se apaga.

A veces la seducción lenta es la única manera..." Felurian

Así que, sí, hasta cierto punto aquellas dos cosas bastarían para fabricar jabón. Pero ¿no sería espantoso? ¿No sería terrible vivir rodeada de la descarnada y cruda vacuidad de las cosas que, sencillamente, bastaban para algo?

old habits die slow deaths.

Her eyes were of the bluest black Like night sky with the clouds blown back

She was regal as a queen. Eager as a child. Proud as a cat. And she was like none of those things. Nothing like them. Not in the least little bit.

Creedme: Esos hombres no saben nada del amor.

I knew from my previous discussions with Ben that you needed money or brains to get into the University. The more of one you had, the less of the other you needed.

Solo un necio desconfía de lo que ve con sus propios ojos.

I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me.

Kote was a long while in answering. "I tend to think too much, Bast. My greatest successes came from decisions I made when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right. Even if there was no good explanation for what I did." He smiled wistfully. "Even if there were very good reasons for me not to do what I did.

Porque eres demasiado entusiasta para tener la paciencia necesario -me contestó con ligereza-. Eres demasiado orgulloso para escuchar como es debido. Y eres demasiado listo. Eso es lo peor

Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.

She's sweet as cream and broad of beam." - Bast

Out with it," Kote said finally. "What were you thinking?" Bast said with an odd mixture of confusion and concern. Kote was a long while in answering. "I tend to think too much, Bast. My greatest successes came from decisions I made when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right. Even if there was no good explanation for what I did." He smiled wistfully. "Even if there were very good reasons for me not to do what I did.

If that happens, I will not come back and demand a refund. I will not petition the constable. I will walk back to Imre this very night and set fire to your house. Then, when you run out the front door in your nightshirt and stockle-cap, I will kill you, cook you, and eat you. Right there on your lawn while all your neighbors watch.

La vida es demasiado corta para rechazar ofertas así.