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Patrick Rothfuss Inspirational Quotes (218)

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Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud?
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Simmon pushed his hair out of his eyes, laughing boyishly. You can't argue your way out of this one! She's obviously stupid for you. And you're just plain stupid, so it's a great match.
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I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use.
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What has made me most proud - the things that I've done that I feel the most pride about - is helping people care about making the world better.
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I'm not a big fan of overt marketing. I'd much rather just put things out there for people to see. I'm just putting it out there for people to see. If people think this is cool, I'm hoping they'll tell their friends.
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And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.
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I need you to breathe for me.
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It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.
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The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it, the conceit of the frame-less story is actually the odd way of doing things. Without the frame, how do you know the context for a story?
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I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story.
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I guess I'm destined to be loveless
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The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.
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I don't speak fluent bumpkin.
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
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Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.
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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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There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth. Vashet smiled lazily. And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me. She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...}
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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.
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Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.
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Auri, I asked slowly, are you joking with me? She looked up and grinned. Yes I am, she said proudly. Isn't it wonderful?
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If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way
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