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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Small
Knowing
Facts
Great
Lead

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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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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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Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.
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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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For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.
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The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.
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For me, language is something that I've always loved. When I read, that's what I look for. When I write, that's what I strive for.
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She looked at me. What? Is there something wrong with my idea? It's not very heroic, I said dismissively. I was expecting something with a little more flair. Well, I left my armor and warhorse at home, she said. You're just upset because your big University brain couldn't think of a way, and my plan is brilliant.
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The desire for knowledge shapes a man.
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Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?
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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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That is like throwing two virgins into a bed. Enthusiasm, passion, and ignorance are not a good combination. Someone is likely to get hurt.
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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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Feel free to call me by my first name: Master.
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I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it.
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Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.
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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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She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep.
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I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious.
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