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What I'd love more than anything is for Worldbuilders to continue to grow and become entangled in all the different corners of the geek community.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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I grew up reading Tolkien, and I love him. But I love him in the way that you love that rambly old grandfather. You have to sit through some pretty off-topic stuff before he starts telling his cool old war stories.
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The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.
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The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present.
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Feel free to call me by my first name: Master.
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It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?
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It is quite a thing. There are so many men, all endlessly trying to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me lest I fall.
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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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Then I played the song that hides in the center of me. That wordless music that moves through the secret places in my heart. I played it carefully, strumming it slow and low into the dark stillness of the night. I would like to say it is a happy song, that it is sweet and bright, but it is not.
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It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
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There is only one Whedon, and I am his prophet.
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Stories only happen to people who can tell them.
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We need to read good books, and for that to happen, we need to share good books.
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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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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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My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going to be one of the hardest characters to pull off.
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All the truth in the world is held in stories.
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