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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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You have to be a bit of a liar to tell a story the right way.
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He was giving me enough rope to hang myself with. Apparently he didn't realize that once a noose is tied it will fit one neck as easily as another.
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It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to be itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.
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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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I don't think people need to know much about me to understand the book, or to enjoy it. The book stands by itself. Over the last several years, my life has been all about writing these books, but the books aren't about my life.
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You lack the requisite spine and testicular fortitude to study under me.
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He then proceeded to shout at Alpha and Beta, a sign that he was in a genuine good mood. They took it as calmly as ever, in spite of the fact that he accused them of things I'm sure no donkey has ever willingly done, especially not Beta, who possessed impeccable moral character.
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.
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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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What are the three most important rules of the chemist? This I knew from Ben. Label clearly. Measure twice. Eat elsewhere.
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With his eyes and those hands there won't be a woman safe in all the world when he starts hunting after the ladies.' 'Courting, dear,' my father corrected gently. 'Semantics,' she shrugged.
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I learned to love the feel of good words.
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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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Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
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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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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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...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.
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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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It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.
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