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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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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain.
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Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.
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Fantasy is a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of idea I'm curious about. I love it because Fantasy is a genre that asks, What if...? That's my favorite question.
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You can have an interesting story about a person living an interesting life. And if it's done well, that is just as engaging as the end of the world. A million people dying - we can't process. One person, we can process.
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Science is just magic with better PR.
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You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
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It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
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My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.
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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
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My favourite member of the Beatles is Lennon. He might have been crazy. But he's my kind of crazy.
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Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking it so hard my hand bled. That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.
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I learned to love the feel of good words.
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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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I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes.
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Fencing is more a sport than a martial art. It would be like basing your knowledge of roman phalanx warfare on NFL football.
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It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
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When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.
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