Quotes from Patrick Rothfuss

I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep. You may have heard of me.

pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

I knew that he was trying to do me a favor, and a few days ago I would have jumped at the opportunity for free shoes. But for some reason I didn't feel right about it. I quietly gathered up my things and left a pair of copper jots on his stool before I left. Why? Because pride is a strange thing, and because generosity deserves generosity in return. But mostly because it felt like the right thing to do, and that is reason enough.

Well, you know what they say: Finding the right analogy is as hard as…" I

Bad enough to be a lettuce. How awful to think you are a lettuce too.

information." She tilted her head quizzically. "By the way,

My eyes were always returning to Denna. She sat beside me, arms hugging her knees. Her skin was more luminous than the moon, her eyes wider than the sky, deeper than the water, darker than the night.

My name is Kvothe, pronounced nearly the same as "Quothe." Names are important as they tell you a great deal about a person. I've had more names than anyone has a right to.

they are young, and drunk, and busy knowing deep in their hearts that they will never grow old or die.

in my opinion if you have a secret compartment in your lute case and don't use it to hide things, there is something terribly, terribly wrong with you.

There was also a great rectangular stone lying on its side near the pool. A few days earlier I would have recognized it as a greystone. Now I saw it as an efficient windbreak, something to put my back against as I slept.

IT WAS ONE OF those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world.

In what manner was she beautiful? I realize that I cannot say enough. So. Since I cannot say enough, at least I will avoid saying too much. "Say

I'd grown so accustomed to finding her that now I caught glimpses of her when she wasn't there.

Secrets are the cornerstone of civilisation.

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.

It had felt as if I were truly awake for the first time, true knowledge running like ice in my blood. The memory exhilirated me for a moment, then left me with a broken cord of loss.

Dispassionate calm can be a useful frame of mind, but it does not make for a compelling performance.

She taught me I should never do anything in private that I didn't want talked about in public, and cautioned me to not talk in my sleep.

You get things done. Not always the best way, or the most sensible way, but it gets done nonetheless. You're a rare creature.

And there was Ambrose. To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavours of our relationship. It was more like the two of us entered into a business partnership in order to more efficiently pursue our mutual interest of hating each other.

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

As my father used to say: "There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend." - Kvothe the Bloodless (The Name of The Wind)

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