Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

He had an easy manner and an honest smile. He seemed an earnest man. I did not like him.

I'm so tired of being appreciated for my intellect." She leaned back and stretched her arms over her head. "When will I be able to find a nice boy who just wants me for my body?

Seriously, it's like you stepped out of a storybook.

It is easier to understand if you think of it in terms of music. Sometimes a man enjoys a symphony. Elsetimes he finds a jig more suited to his taste. The same holds true for lovemaking. One type is suited to the deep cushions of a twilight forest glade. Another comes quite naturally tangled in the sheets of narrow beds upstairs in inns. Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made.

Pero incluso buscarla y no encontrarla era reconfortante, en cierto modo. En cierto modo, ese parecía ser el fundamento de nuestra relación.

No matter where you are, people are basically the same. Besides, anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.

We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love.

As he sorted and packed, the red-haired man seemed content. But if you looked more closely you might have noticed that while his hands were busy, his eyes were far away. And while his expression was composed, pleasant even, there was no joy in it. He did not hum or whistle while he worked. He did not sing.

I would have more luck trying to steal the moon. At least I knew where to look for the moon at night.

If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way." Chronicler

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

It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.

My head felt clear and light, like a leaf floating on the wind.

I have always thought," Alveron said at last, introducing the topic of our discussion, "that everyone has a question that rests in the center of who they are." "How do you mean, your grace?" "I believe everyone has some question that drives them. A question that keeps them awake nights. A question they worry at like a dog with an old bone. If you understand a man's question, it brings you closer to understanding the man himself.

Small facts lead to great knowing,

A silent bell that struck out love.

the honeycomb. It was lovely. Not one bit stolen. The farmer loved the bees and did things in the proper way. It was full of silent bells and drowsy summer afternoon.

Si pretendes imponerle tu voluntad al mundo, debes controlar tu capacidad de creer.

I should have been bolder and kissed her at the end. I should have been more cautious. I had talked too much. I ha said too little.

It means I breathe the free air and walk where my feet take me. I do not cringe and fawn like a dog at a man's title. That looks like pride to people who have spent their lives cultivating supple spines." Sleat gave a lazy

Todos tenemos dos mentes: una mente despierta y otra mente dormida. Nuestra mente despierta es la que piensa, habla y razona. Pero la mente dormida es más poderosa. Ella ve en lo más profundo de las cosas. Es la parte de nosotros que sueña. Lo recuerda todo. Nos proporciona intuición. Tu mente despierta no entiende la naturaleza de los nombres. Pero tu mente dormida sí. Ella sabe muchas cosas que tu mente despierta ignora.

Still there are worse things than playing in the rain.

But old habits die slow deaths.

Era lo bastante listo para conocerse a sí mismo, lo bastante valiente para ser él mismo y lo bastante insensato para cambiarse a sí mismo y, al mismo tiempo, seguir manteniéndose auténtico. En ese sentido era prácticamente único, [...]