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Quotes About Strength

You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Are you hurt?" "Absolutely," I said. "Especially in my everywhere.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It's not over if you're still here," Chronicler said. "It's not a tragedy if you're still alive.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Anger can keep you warm at night, and wounded pride can spur a man to wondrous things.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
This story is for all the slightly broken people out there. I am one of you. You are not alone. You are all beautiful to me.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and adamant together mixed. Don't think I am unaware, some startled deer to stand transfixed by hunter's horns. It's she who should take care, for when she strikes, my heart will make a sound so beautiful and bright that it can't help but bring her back to me in winged light.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Auri stood, and in the circle of her golden hair she grinned and brought the weight of her desire down full upon the world. And all things shook. And all things knew her will. And all things bent to please her.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
There is a great difference between being fearless and being brave.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.' It sounded ugly to say it so starkly, but it was the truth. I looked at him defiantly.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
It's not over if you're still here," Chronicler said. "It's not a tragedy if you're still alive." Bast nodded eagerly at this, looking back at Kvothe. Kvothe looked at both of them for a moment, then smiled and chuckled low in his chest. "Oh," he said fondly. "You're both so young.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
But he was coming. He would be here soon, all sweet and brave and shattered and kind. He would come carrying and clever-fingered and oh so unaware of oh so many things. He was rough against the world, but even so...
~ Patrick Rothfuss
His voice is like a thunderstorm, and his hands know every secret hidden deep beneath the cool, dark earth.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
She knew if you weren't always stepping lightly as a bird the whole world came apart to crush you. Like a house of cards. Like a bottle against stones.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Gentle. Which people see as weak.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Strength of body. Strength of mind. strength of personality. All this things lie within a person. They define us. They determine our limits.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Además, la rabia puede calentarte por la noche, y el orgullo herido puede alentar a un hombre a hacer cosas maravillosas.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Nothing but the truth could break me. What is harder than the truth?
~ Patrick Rothfuss
The gesture was so tight with rage she feared she'd snap and crack the world in two.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Solo la verdad podría romperme. ¿Qué hay más duro que la verdad?
~ Patrick Rothfuss
Celean looked at me for a moment, the hint of a serious line between her pale eyebrows. Then she laughed brightly and brought up her hands. "I am Celean," she proclaimed. "My mother is of the third stone. I am Adem born, and I am the one who will throw you to the ground." She was as good as her word.
~ Patrick Rothfuss
You wouldn't think a girl in bandages with a blackened eye could be beautiful, but Denna was. Lovely as the moon: not flawless, perhaps, but perfect.
~ Patrick Rothfuss