1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

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

Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.

The three boys, one dark, one light, and one – for lack of a better word – fiery, do not notice the night. Perhaps some part of them does, but they are young, and drunk, and busy knowing deep in their hearts that they will never grow old or die. They also know that they are friends, and they share a certain love that will never leave them. The boys know many other things, but none of them seem as important as this. Perhaps they are right.

I’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.

Offstage I worry and sweat. Onstage I am calm as a windless winter night.

I guess I’m destined to be loveless.

Humor is important. If you’re going to tell any sort of realistic story, you’re going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially.

Just because I tread heavily on propriety’s toes doesn’t mean I can’t play the game when it’s of use to me.

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