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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.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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Patrick James Rothfuss
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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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I loved college. I wish I was still taking classes instead of teaching them.
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...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.
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It's my belief that you should never show your work to anyone in the publishing world until it shines like a diamond. Rough drafts don't shine, as a rule. Mine certainly didn't. That's why I was rejected for years and years.
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Over his own dark Cealdish beard. Nothing like your marvelous facebear.
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Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.
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I don't really have a lot of expensive tastes. What else am I really going to do with my money? Buy a little red sports car? Wear a lot of jewelry? Build a castle? Well... I might do the last one. Maybe. Eventually. But that doesn't mean I can't run Worldbuilders too.
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I have no balance. My life is a hot mess.
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I don't speak fluent bumpkin.
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The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind.
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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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The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.
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