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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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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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Good lord woman. If i had tits like yours I'd own half the world by now.
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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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The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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You never do things the easy way, do you? she said. There's an easy way? I asked.
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Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.
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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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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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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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I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old grandfather. You have to sit through some pretty off-topic stuff before he starts telling his cool old war stories.
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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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Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?
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Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.
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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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Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.
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The truth is that the world is full of dragons, and none of us are as powerful or cool as we’d like to be. And that sucks. But when you’re confronted with that fact, you can either crawl into a hole and quit, or you can get out there, take off your shoes, and Bilbo it up.
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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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Metal rusts, music lasts forever.
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It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
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I’d heard you were dead.” I heard you wear a red lace corset,” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.
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