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Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
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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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I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.
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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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Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, You don't sound as young as you look. I hoped he'd come to grips with it fairly soon. It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.
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It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
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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.
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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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The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.
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I love worldbuilding. It's as much fun for me as writing itself. It's like a hobby of mine.
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She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important.
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There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.
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Unfortunately, a lot of fantasy is chock full of sexism and racism. A lot of authors don't even realize they're doing it, and a lot of readers don't know they're reading it. That's what makes it so scary in some cases.
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...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.
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If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.
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When someone writes something dazzlingly brilliant, people want to imitate it. The result is a lot of less-than-brilliant knock-offs. Elves, Dwarves, Goblin army, cursed ring, evil sorcerer. Tolkien did it. It rocked. Let's move on. Let's do something new.
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