1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

...every piece of the laughing was a tiny bird come tumbling out to fly around the room.

She felt ... less. She felt tamped down. Dim. More faint. Feint. Feigned. Fain.

It was shivery and scant. Scared. Skint. But just around the edges it was still scintillant.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

Anything you say at this point cannot be trusted. You know I am well and truly angry, so you are in the grip of fear. This means I cannot trust any word you say, as it comes from fear. You are clever, and charming, and a liar. I know you can bend the world with your words. So I will not listen.

I want to hear you wound my lovely language with your rough barbarian tongue.

Kvothe continued, smiling himself “I see you laugh. Very well, for simplicity’s sake, let us assume I am the center of creation. In doing this, let us pass over innumerable boring stories: the rise and fall of empires, sagas of heroism, ballads of tragic love. Let us hurry forward to the only tale of any real importance.” His smile broadened. “Mine.

If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself.

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.