Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

The key to staying safe was knowing the rules of the situation.

Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass.

And some folk need killing. That's all there is to it.

What have you got for us tonight?" he asked, running his hand over his beard. "A surprise." Stanchion paused in the act of getting off his stool. "Is this the sort of surprise that's going to cause a riot or make folk set my place on fire?" he asked. I shook my head, smiling. "Good." He smiled and headed off in the direction of the stage. "In that case I like surprises.

You would think that would have helped. That a gift and clasped hands would make things right between us. But the silence was back now, stronger than before. Thick enough that you could spread it on your bread and eat it. There are some silences that even words cannot drive away. And while Denna was touching my hand, she wasn't holding it. There is a world of difference.

que el otoño es la estación idónea para arrancar de raíz cualquier cosa que no quieras que vuelva a molestarte.

What more can you expect?" she asked him quietly. "From men who live with demons for their neighbors? Even the best dog will bite that has been kicked enough.

She curled snugly along the inside of my body, so easy and natural, as if she had been designed to fit there.

I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time." "This was nothing," I said nonchalantly. "Once I jumped off a roof.

inexperienced eyes, fairly attractive. The official story was that she needed someone to tutor

I'll see you where the roads meet.

Anyone so lacking in empathy that he could systematically torment and physically degrade another should not be suffered to live.

There is a vast difference between having some coin and no coin. There is a feeling of helplessness that comes from having an empty purse.

No puedo creerlo. Me mentiste. ¡A mí! Kote suspiró y subió pesadamente la escalera. —¿Estás enfadado porque te he mentido, o porque no me has pillado mintiéndote? —preguntó.

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

and suggested that in the future I refrain from strenuous physical activity in a hot room the day after falling off a roof.

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself." My

Al pan, pan y al vino, vino. Pero a una prostituta llámala siempre señora. La vida de las prostitutas es muy dura, y no cuesta nada ser respetuoso con ellas.

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

I have been alone for most of my life. But rarely have I felt it so much as at that moment. I knew one person within four hundred miles, and he'd been ordered to keep away from me. I was unfamiliar with the culture, barely competent with the language, and the burning all across my back and face was a constant reminder of how much I was unwelcome. The food was good though.

Si es algo que sabe todo el mundo, no puedo permitirme el lujo de preguntarlo

First you set yourself to rights. And then your house. And then your corner of the sky. And after that . . .

Si fuera más joven, rechazaría tu ofrecimiento-dijo dando un suspiro-. Pero el orgullo es el lujo de los fuertes.-Puso una delgada mano sobre mi brazo y lo utilizó como punto de apoyo para ponerse de pie-. Yo debo optar por ser gentil. - La gentileza es el lujo de los sabios-dije con soltura-. De modo que se puede afirmar que la sabiduría aporta gentileza.

The difference is between saying something TO a person and saying something ABOUT a person. The first might be rude but the second is always gossip".