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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
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Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
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Coming to grips with being a bit of a celebrity. That's not anything I ever expected to have to deal with in my life.
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I've waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.
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He hesitated, then lifted his head and sniffed. “Have you been drinking?” The question was more curious than accusatory. “No,” Bast said. The innkeeper raised an eyebrow. “I’ve been tasting,” Bast said, emphasizing the word. “Tasting comes before drinking.
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Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them.
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I guess I'm destined to be loveless
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When the hearthfire turns to blue, what to do? what to do? run outside, run and hide when his eyes are black as crow? where to go? where to go? near and far. Here they are. see a man without a face? move like ghosts from place to place. whats their plan? whats their plan? Chandrian. Chandrian
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All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.
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Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.
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...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.
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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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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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Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.
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You know, I could have carried you.
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All stories are true, Skarpi said. But this one really happened, if that's what you mean.
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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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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 I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way
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Humor is important. If you're going to tell any sort of realistic story, you're going to have to have humor in it, because people are funny. Clever people especially.
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I need you to breathe for me.
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It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think.
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