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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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I can sell anything to anyone. That is actually my superpower. I am really good at negotiating and persuading.
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Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.
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Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.
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I'm honestly not a big fan of pitching things. I'm a firm believer of letting the product speak for iteself.
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.
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It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.
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There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule.
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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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She looked at me. What? Is there something wrong with my idea? It's not very heroic, I said dismissively. I was expecting something with a little more flair. Well, I left my armor and warhorse at home, she said. You're just upset because your big University brain couldn't think of a way, and my plan is brilliant.
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I'm not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That's where my strength is.
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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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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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Science is just magic with better PR.
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Isn't that the way of the world? We want the sweet things, but we need the unpleasant ones.
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You may have heard of me.
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I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket, Wil said. And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.
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Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.
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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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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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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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