# Quote — Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

> But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

- Author: [Patrick Rothfuss](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss.md)
- Book: [The Slow Regard of Silent Things](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-slow-regard-of-silent-things.md)
- Page: 79
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_Rothfuss#The_Slow_Regard_of_Silent_Things_(2014)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-slow-regard-of-silent-things/but-for-half

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> She knew better than anyone, it was worth doing things the proper way.

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> It was just as Master Mandrag always said: nine tenths of chemistry was waiting.

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> It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

p. 108 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-slow-regard-of-silent-things/it-was-better.md)