Quotes About Imagination

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

Patrick Rothfuss

But those are just stories," I protested. He gave me an amused look. "Where do you think stories come from, E'lir Kvothe? Every tale has deep roots somewhere in the world.

Las historias contienen toda la verdad del mundo, ya lo sabes.

as is often the case, especially for children, the anticipation proved much more exciting than the reality.

I haven't told many stories lately, and I find myself unreasonably dry.

Era una vela gruesa que olía a lavanda. —¿Qué hay dentro? —pregunté. —Sueños felices. Los he puesto ahí para ti.

Tutte le storie sono vere» disse Skarpi. «Ma questa è accaduta davvero, se è questo ciò che intendi.» Bevve lentamente un altro sorso, poi sorrise di nuovo, i suoi occhi vivaci che danzavano. «Più o meno. Devi essere un po' bugiardo per raccontare una storia nel modo giusto. Troppa verità confonde i fatti. Troppa onestà ti fa sembrare falso.

No hay ninguna buena historia que no contenga nada de verdad [...]. Supongo que aquí hay tanta verdad como en cualquier otro sitio. Es una lástima, al mundo le vendría bien un poco menos de verdad y un poco más de...? No terminé la frase, porque no sabía de qué quería más.

Of course," Kvothe said grandly. "Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.

Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.

En resumen, una buena historia. Y si bien no era del todo cierta… bueno, al menos contenía parte de verdad. Diré, en mi defensa, que habría podido prescindir por completo de la verdad y haberles contado una historia mucho mejor. Las mentiras son más fáciles, y casi siempre tienen más sentido.

You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.

You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere

Dormida era el cuadro de un incendio. Despierta era el fuego mismo.

So this is the defference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

It was a spider as large as a wagon wheel, black as slate.

More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.

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More or less. You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way. Too much truth confuses the facts.

Patrick Rothfuss

So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

stories were told here, but they happened somewhere else.

Let me say one thing before I start. I've told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies and harder truths. Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold. That, I think, was easier than this. Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.