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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Heard
May

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But how awful would that be? How terrible to live surrounded by the stark, sharp, hollowness of things that simply were enough?
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I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.
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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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One of my favorite artists on Deviantart.
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If I'd been whoring before class and waved a corset at him, no one would have thought twice about it!
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Thieves, Heretics, and Whores
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If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way
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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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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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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge. I couldn't remember ever doing it myself. After a moment's consideration, I decided lounging was probably similar to relaxing, but with more money in your pocket.
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After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.
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There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.
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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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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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I will say the most raw joy I've experienced reading has probably come from the times I've been reading with my little boys.
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Reading can almost be viewed as empathy training. Movies have better action scenes, sure. But books are uniquely suited to showing you the inside of another person's head. That is the root of empathy. That's the first step to understanding you're not alone in the world.
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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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You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you naturally want other people's lives to be better. You want to make that happen.
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One reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
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