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

> But now she knew much more than that. So much of what she’d thought was truth before was merely tricks. No more than clever ways of speaking to the world. They were a bargaining. A plea. A call. A cry.
>
> But underneath, there was a secret deep within the hidden heart of things.

- 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: 144
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/patrick-rothfuss/the-slow-regard-of-silent-things/but-now-she

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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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> 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.

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