Patrick Rothfuss
Quotes
Wilem tapped Simmon’s shoulder. “He’s telling the truth.”
Simmon glanced over at him. “Why do you say that?”
“He sounds more sincere than that when he lies.”
p. 468
Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That’s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.
p. 333
Nothing makes a man feel older than a young woman.
p. 512
Cruelty never helped the turning of the world.
p. 94
They made a medley without melding or meddling.
p. 106
The truth was, I needed to impress them. I knew from my previous discussions with Ben that you needed money or brains to get into the University. The more of one you had, the less of the other you needed.
p. 251
Fear tends to come from ignorance. Once I knew what the problem was, it was just a problem, nothing to fear.
p. 227
Like all boys my age, I was an idiot when it came to women.
p. 465
Any student of mine must be able to defend his ideas against an attack. No matter how you spend your life, your wit will defend you more often than a sword. Keep it sharp!
p. 290
Oh it seemed sensible. Oh yes. Certainly. But she knew what seeming was worth in the end, didn’t she?
p. 40
Upon him I will visit famine and a fire.
Till all around him desolation rings
And all the demons in the outer dark
Look on amazed and recognize
That vengeance is the business of a man.
p. 323
It exasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to bend to her desire.
p. 105
