1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

He felt himself go cold as he suddenly realized what a dangerous game he was playing. So this is the difference between telling a story and being in one, he thought numbly, the fear.

Bast looked down at the two men. After a moment he began to laugh too. It was a terrible sound, jagged and joyless. It was no human laugh.

You’d be surprised at the sorts of things hidden away in children’s songs.

Felurian had a way of making requests that took some getting used to. I’d discovered that unless I was steeling myself to resist, I’d find myself automatically doing whatever it was she asked of me. It wasn’t that she spoke with authority. Her voice was too soft and edgeless to carry the weight of command. She did not demand or cajole. When she spoke, it was matter-of-fact. As if she couldn’t imagine a world in which you.

Close your mouth, E’lir Kvothe, or I will feel obliged to put some vile tonic in it.

If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you’re lucky.

The smaller you are, the more bravery means.

I firmly believe that we’re all good people, but sometimes it’s hard to understand how to do good.

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.