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Fantasy is a genre that allows me to create anything I want. That, in turn, allows me to explore any sort of idea I'm curious about. I love it because Fantasy is a genre that asks, What if...? That's my favorite question.
Patrick Rothfuss
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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.
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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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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’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use.
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And if Hollywood has taught us anything, it's that cool props and special effects are not enough. Story comes first. Everything depends on story.
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The desire for knowledge shapes a man.
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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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If the beard gives a modifier to seduction, I'm guessing it's not a positive one.
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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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I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I’m like that. If I stop reading, I die.
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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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Writing a good query letter has very little to do with writing a good novel. But if you can't write the one, it makes it really hard to get the other published.
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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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Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process.
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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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I learned to love the feel of good words.
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Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.
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