Quotes About Struggle

What can you expect of people when demons are their neighbors?

Chronicler found himself thinking of a story he had heard. One of the many. The story told of how Kvothe had gone looking for his heart's desire. He had to trick a demon to get it. But once it rested in his hand, he was forced to fight an angel to keep it.

You have a stone in your heart, and some days it's so heavy there is nothing to be done.

It was easy to understand why. Most students attend the University for several terms before being admitted to the Arcanum. Everyone here had to work their way up through the ranks the hard way. I hadn't.

No podías nadar contra la corriente ni cambiar la dirección del viento. ¿Y si había tormenta? Pues tenías que atrancar las escotillas y achicar, y no soltar las jarcias.

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind." – Patrick Rothfuss.

I sat still as stone with my fingers aching. I wanted to play, not listen. Want isn't strong enough a word. I was hungry for it, starved. I'm not proud of the fact that I thought about stealing his lute and leaving in the dark of the night.

trouped, traveled, loved, lost, trusted and was betrayed.

Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.

when she felt around inside herself she found she had no crying left. She was full of broken glass and burrs.

Gané el único duelo que he perdido.

Es amarga. —Así sabes que es una medicina —dije—. Si tuviera buen sabor, sería un caramelo. —Sí, es como la vida misma —replicó ella—. Nos gustan las cosas dulces, pero necesitamos las amargas.

These poor, rich men who, seeing that you can't be caught, attempt to buy a thing they know cannot be bought.

He barely even owned his own name, and even that had been worn thin and threadbare through the years.

Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.

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.

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

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow, it hides itself in insanity. There are times when reality is nothing but pain. And to escape that pain, the mind must leave reality behind.

The old man was going nowhere to nowhere. He had no hat for his head no pack for his back. He had not a penny or a purse to put it in. He barely even owned his own name, and even that had been worn thin and threadbare through the years.

When you're alone it's easy to sweat, panic, fall apart …

You've deduced a universal truth: things are usually unfair.

trying to have a conversation with him was like playing catch with a well.

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.

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.