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I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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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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The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them.
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My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.
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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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With slow care rather than stealth we must approach the subject of a certain woman. Her wildness is of such degree, I fear approaching her too quickly even in a story. Should I move recklessly, I might startle even the idea of her into sudden flight.
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The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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Practice makes the master.
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.
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If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.
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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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How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way
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It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense.
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He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.
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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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What were you thinking? Bast said with an odd mixture of confusion and concern. Coat was a long while in answering. I tend to think too much Bast. My greatest successes tended to come when I stopped thinking and simply did what felt right, even if there was no explantion for what I did.
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There are two sure ways to lose a friend, one is to borrow, the other to lend.
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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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Now that I understand how publishing schedules work, I can understand why many authors have the sophomore slump. A year is a long time to wait for a sequel, but it's a short, short time to WRITE a sequel.
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