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The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Shapes
Knowledge
Desire
Men

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Science is just magic with better PR.
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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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Reading is professionally important for me to keep tuned in to what's being written in my genre, let's not lie. But that's not the reason I read. I read for my own emotional and mental health. If I stopped reading, I'd probably just die.
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Just handle the books gently and you’ll get along fine.
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Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.
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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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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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For most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.
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When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.
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If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
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It was only then I realized I didn't know the name of Elodin's class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass. I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.
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It was the patient, cut-flower sound of a man who is waiting to die.
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Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.
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All stories are true.
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I have, of course, been called many other things. Most of them uncouth, although very few were unearned
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You may have heard of me.
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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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I take back everything I ever said about that boy being clever. He turned around to face the bar while leveling an accusatory finger at the closed door. That, he said firmly to the room in general, is what comes of working with iron every day.
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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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There is only one Whedon, and I am his prophet.
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