1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

What the hell is that supposed to mean?" Chronicler snapped. "You're just spouting nonsense now.""I'm spouting too much sense for you to understand," Bast said testily.

It’s all a chase, and when the race is done, I think I pity women chaste who run.

I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves.

This is how deeply rooted stories are, folks. We crave them before we can walk, and we start telling them before we can talk.

But only a fool claims there is no such thing as love. When you see two young ones taring at each other with dewy eyes, there it is. So thick you can spread it on your brread and eat it. When you see a mother with her child, you see love. When you feel it roil in your belly, you know what it is. Even if you cannot give voice to it in words.

We all know that when the lights are out all women are the same height!

Lord but I dislike poetry. How can anyone remember words that aren't put to music?

Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.