1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

Did you know I never paid taxes before I came here? The Edema don’t own property, as a rule.” He gestured at the inn. “I never understood how galling it was. Some smug bastard with a ledger comes into town, makes you pay for the privilege of owning something.

Music sounds different to the one who plays it. It is the musician’s curse.

85% of modern music doesn’t have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me one woman on the top ten right now who isn’t absolutely smoking hot. You think that’s a coincidence?

I felt as if I was trying to think through syrup.

You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. You do not know the first note of the music that moves me.

Character is half the reason we read. We’re excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.

For me the really cool parts of being an author don’t have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.

I’ve never really understood the desire people have to quantify a baby. “He’s X big and Y long,” As if the baby is a fish you’re not sure you’re going to keep. Or some prize potato you’re hoping will win a prize at the county fair.

I have not forgotten that she is what I am moving toward. If I seem to be caught in a slow circling of the subject, it is only appropriate, as she and I have always moved toward each other in slow circles.