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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.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Stories
Lacking
Reason
Regular
Love
Resolution
Provide
Shape
Shapes
Fiction
Lives
Comforting
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Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets.
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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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When left to its own devices it tends to make me look as if I’ve been set afire.
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On his first hand he wore rings of stone, Iron, Amber, Wood and Bone. There were rings unseen on his second hand, One was blood in a flowing band, One was air all whisper thin, And the ring of ice had a flaw within. Full faintly shone the ring of flame, And the final ring was without name.
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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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If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
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Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.
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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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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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When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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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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Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.
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Metal rusts, music lasts forever.
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Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?
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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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I'd like to work with some of the videogame companies for the simple fact that they obviously need some sort of writer's help. I play videogames, and lately it's hard for me to enjoy them because I'm spending all my time cringing at the corny dialogue, thin characters, and glaring plot holes.
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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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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
Patrick Rothfuss
Science is just magic with better PR.
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