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I need you to breathe for me.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Generally my favorite remarks always come from my readers. I've had people say my books made them laugh, or cry, or that it frightened them late at night.
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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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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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Old Cob tucked away his bowl of stew with the predatory efficency of a lifetime bachelor.
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That's all that really matters in the end. Stories.
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What has made me most proud - the things that I've done that I feel the most pride about - is helping people care about making the world better.
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But sometimes the best help a person can find is helping someone else.
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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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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'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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That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.
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Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating ... but there are other ways to understanding.
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All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.
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Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.
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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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He had a bright, reckless tenor that was always wandering off, looking for notes in the wrong places.
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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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When left to its own devices it tends to make me look as if I’ve been set afire.
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