1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

I’m pretty good at putting up drywall and I’m an excellent kisser. That’s pretty much all of my skills right there.

Master Elodin,” I said, breathing a little hard. “Might I ask you a quick question?” “Statistically speaking, it’s pretty likely,” he said, unlocking the door with a bright brass key. “May I ask you a question, then?” “I doubt any power known to man could stop you.

She didn’t fall, but oh, her heart went icy in her chest. She sat down hard upon the steps. Too numb to walk. Her heart was cold and white as chalk.

To be so lovely and so lost. To be all answerful with all that knowing trapped inside. To be beautiful and broken.

I smiled back at him and for a second I almost felt guilty about how I’d written the receipt. I also felt guilty about the three pens I’d stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left.

This is why we have music, after all. Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us. Finally.

I believe a writer’s most important skill lies in being able to see things from different perspectives.

It’s easier to write about heartbreak after you’ve had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

No. You should take pleasure in following the Lethani. If you fight well, you should take pride in doing a thing well. For the fighting itself you should feel only duty and sorrow. Only barbarians and madmen take pleasure in combat. Whoever loves the fight itself has left the Lethani behind.