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Joss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.

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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It was only then I realized I didn't know the name of Elodin's class. I leafed through the ledger until I spotted Elodin's name, then ran my finger back to where the title of the class was listed in fresh dark ink: Introduction to Not Being a Stupid Jackass. I sighed and penned my name in the single blank space beneath.
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It's hard for me to take myself too seriously when I'm constantly experiencing firsthand what an incredible gimp I can be.
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I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.
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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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If you're going to have a book full of clever people and nobody ever jokes, it's just not going to ring true to the reader. That said, humor writing is the hardest kind of writing there is.
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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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Too much truth confuses the facts. Too much honesty makes you sound insincere.
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The truth is I've worked a lot of things people would consider shitty jobs but I've never really hated any of them.
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The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.
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Its like he knows he's better than you, but doesn't look down on you for it because he knows it's not your fault.
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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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I guess I'm destined to be loveless
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Small facts lead to great knowing.
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No hard feelings about that time in the Crucible when you mixed my salts and I was nearly blind for a day. No. No, really, drink up!
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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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For most practical purposes Tarbean had two pieces: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves, and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians, and courtesans.
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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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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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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.
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“I will admit, I've never had a student offer himself up for a vicious beating in order to prove he's worth my time.” “This was nothing... Once I jumped off a roof.”
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