1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

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    She was regal as a queen. Eager as a child. Proud as a cat. And she was like none of those things. Nothing like them. Not in the least little bit.

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    I made my choice and I regret it to this day. Bones mend. Regret stays with you forever.

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    That’s how you know it’s real medicine,” I said. “If it tasted good it would be candy.

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    He had an easy manner and an honest smile. He seemed an earnest man. I did not like him.

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    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.

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    Isn’t that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.

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    Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It’s what I read growing up, and it’s what I read as an adult.

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