1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

After an awkward pause, Bast extended his hand. Chronicler hesitated for a bare moment before reaching out quickly, as if he were sticking his hand into a fire. Nothing happened, both of them seemed moderately surprised."Amazing, isn't it?" Kvothe addressed them bitingly. "Five fingers and flesh with blood beneath. One could almost believe that on the other end of that hand lay a person of some sort.

You see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while.

Didn't it deserve to be happy? Didn't everything deserve its proper place?

I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day.

I don't care whose son he is. I won't go belly-up like a timid pup. If he's fool enough to take a poke at me, I'll snap the finger clean off that does the poking.

I wish I felt as calm as I look

I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.