1,055 Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss

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    It wasn’t even a good note. ‘If you are reading this I am probably dead.’ What sort of a note is that?

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    They seemed to be good people. Most people are if given the chance.

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    You can’t write good characters if you can’t imagine what it’s like being in another person’s skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people’s lives to be better. You want to make that happen.

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    I love her more than just a little. I think it’s because we’re both somewhat broken, in our own odd ways. More importantly, we’re both aware of it.

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    Ben’s training has given me a memory so clean and sharp I have to be careful not to cut myself sometimes.

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    Three circles. Perfect for asking. It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

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    Only priests and fools are fearless and I’ve never been on the best of terms with God.

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    We shared an apple, passing it back and forth between bites, which is close to kissing, if you’ve never kissed before.

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