Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

Nobles' sons are one of nature's great destructive forces, like floods or tornadoes. When you're struck with one of these catastrophes, the only thing an average man can do is grit his teeth and try to minimize the damage.

meeting and never even show up for it. Not that that's anything new in my life…." Denna

Names reflect true understanding of a thing, and when you truly understand a thing you have power over it.

I had watched a hundred men dash themselves to pieces against Denna like ships attempting to ignore the tide.

It only looked chaotic because it was vastly, marvelously complex.

Solo un necio se preocupa por lo que no puede controlar

Quizá todo esto les parezca macabro, pero así es la vida: los saqueadores acaban siendo saqueados y el tiempo nos hace mercenarios a todos.

My shrug was so nonchalant it would make a cat jealous.

Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning." He paused and turned to looked at me, his brow furrowed. "I can't remember the rest of that. Can you?" "Never heard it before," I said. "But Teccam claims that out of all the spirits, only wine is suited to reminiscence. He said a good wine allows clarity and focus, while still allowing a bit of comforting coloration of the memory.

Son of a bitch," I said, too stunned for proper profanity. "I've always figured him for porcine parentage myself," Wilem said dryly.

It's hard to long for something that is always there.

You are unexpected cake on a rainy afternoon.

La rabia puede calentarte por la noche, y el orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas.

because Imre offered what every artist needs most—an appreciative, affluent audience.

We drew a decent crowd," I said. "It was good weather for a whipping.

Tenía ese aire un tanto torpe de los niños que todavía no se han acostumbrado a manejarse con la estatura de un hombre.

Aleshores em vaig adonar que ignorava el nom de l'assignatura de l'Èlodin. Viag fullejar el registre per buscar el nom del mestre i després vaig retrocedir amb el dit cap al lloc on constava el títol de l'assignatura, escrit amb tinta negra i fresca: <>.

There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend." Besides,

I decided that he was not an altogether bad fellow. I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I'd written the receipt. I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

She was of the Fae. She did not worry over right or wrong. She was a creature of pure desire, much like a child.

ain't much for listenen. Nothin' plugs a man's ears like money.

was the sort of anger that comes to a slow boil inside the hearts of good men who want justice, and finding it out of their grasp, decide vengeance is the next best thing. I

Oh, honey," the big man said. "Don't get yourself in a twit. Damfine is a kind of apple, innit?" He grinned around at the folks sitting at the bar. "Sort of foreign apple from off in Atur? They named it after Baron Damfine if I remember correct.

I couldn't remember whether I'd slept on the floor out of fear of assassins or bedbugs.