Patrick Rothfuss Quotes - Page 8

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• Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Sweet, Flower, Book

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• One of them had a large wooden sign nailed to its door proclaiming, NO SYMPATHY! I wondered what non-arcane visitors might think of the warning.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Thinking, Doors, Warning

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.191, Hachette UK

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• What are the three most important rules of the chemist?" This I knew from Ben. "Label clearly. Measure twice. Eat elsewhere.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Important, Three, Labels

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• Everything said, you couldn't hope for a nicer day to have a half dozen ex-soldiers with hunting bows relieve you of everything you owned.

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  Hunting, Soldier, Half

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.22, Hachette UK

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• 85% of modern music doesn't have a damn thing to do with music. It has to do with looking good. Name me one woman on the top ten right now who isn't absolutely smoking hot. You think that's a coincidence?

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  Thinking, Names, Smoking

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• I don't actually have cable. I watch TV, but only shows that I buy on DVD. As a result my TV rage factor is pretty low right now. I do have a real distaste for those extreme makeover shows. I once caught a roommate watching one and proceeded to rant for almost 15 solid minutes about how, in watching that bullshit, she was actively contributing to the destruction of all civilization.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Real, Dvds, Civilization

  Interview with Aidan Moher, aidanmoher.com. June 8, 2007.

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• After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.

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  Numbers, Crowds, Matter

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.231, Hachette UK

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• Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action, adventure, character development, the exploration of a strange world, PLUS resolution of all the problems and mysteries at the end. No lines no waiting. That's very satisfying. Multi-volume stories are satisfying too, just in a different way.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Nice, Book, Adventure

  Source: aidanmoher.com

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• The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it, the conceit of the frame-less story is actually the odd way of doing things. Without the frame, how do you know the context for a story?

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Thinking, Stories, Way

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• I've read fantasy my whole life. Quite literally; my mom read me The Hobbit before I could read stuff to myself. So I love fantasy; that's what I read for fun, it's what I read professionally to keep abreast of what's in the genre - it's where my heart is.

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  Mom, Fun, Heart

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• I believe it, Chronicler found himself thinking. Before it was just a story, but now I can believe it. This is the face of a man who has killed an angel.

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  Believe, Angel, Men

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.44, Hachette UK

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• I've got a solid grounding in history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, etc etc. That means I actually have a good idea about how societies change and evolve. I know how a lot of them have actually functioned through the years. I can put together a culture that's cool and different, while still being logically consistent, so that it feels real. So many fantasy worlds are either implausible, cookie-cutter, or both. Mine aren't.

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  Philosophy, Real, Mean

  Source: aidanmoher.com

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• I'm a firm supporter of the word polyamory. But that one is close to my heart.

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  Heart, Polyamory, Firm

  "Of Beards and Books: An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". Interview with Nikki Steele, bookriot.com. November 17, 2015.

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• Half a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.

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  Kings, Book, Half

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• Auri took it, and peered inside the small leather sack. “Why this is lovely, Kvothe. What lives in the salt?” Trace minerals, I thought. Chromium, bassal, malium, iodine . . . everything your body needs but probably can’t get from apples and bread and whatever you manage to scrounge up when I can’t find you. “The dreams of fish,” I said. “And sailor’s songs.

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  Dream, Song, Apples

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• I know there's a lot of talk about self-publishing right now. Everyone's giddy with the possibilities. And I'll admit that it looks good on paper: sell your books directly and keep a bigger chunk of the profit for yourself. No rejection letters. No hassle with agents. Sounds good, right?

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Book, Self, Rejection

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• I was nervous about writing Slow Regard.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Writing, Nervous, Regard

  "Of Beards and Books: An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". Interview with Nikki Steele, bookriot.com. November 17, 2015.

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• For me the really cool parts of being an author don't have anything to do with getting onto a bestseller list.

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  Lists, Really Cool

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• I would never normally approach a woman in this way, but I couldn't help but notice that you have the eyes of a lady I was once desperately in love with. " "What a shame to love only once," she said, showing her white teeth in a wicked smile. "I've heard some men can manage twice or even more." I ignored her gibe. "I am only a fool once. Never will I love again.

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  Eye, Men, White

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.423, Penguin

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• I was reluctant to talk about my kids on the blog. I kept telling myself, "People aren't coming here for stories about your kids. They want to hear about the upcoming books, writing advice, conventions..."

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Book, Writing, Kids

  "Of Beards and Books: An Interview with Patrick Rothfuss". Interview with Nikki Steele, bookriot.com. November 17, 2015.

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• My granda always told me that fall's the time to root up something you don't want coming back to trouble you.' Kote mimicked the quaver of an old man's voice. 'Things are too full of life in the spring months. In the summer, they're too strong and won't let go. Autumn...' He looked around at the changing leaves on the trees. 'Autumn's the time. In autumn everything is tired and ready to die.

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  Summer, Letting Go, Strong

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.33, Hachette UK

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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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  Jobs, People, Truth Is

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• The good thing about working on the books for 14 years before they hit the shelves is that I worked out most of the kinks long before they were published.

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  Book, Years, Long

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• The world is a mess and I just need to rule it.

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  Needs, World, Villain

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• I don't try to take a person out of our world and put them into my world; that wouldn't work. It's sort of like bad Photoshop: If you see something Photoshopped together - and even if it's done pretty well - the eye catches on it. That happens a lot when people try to cut and paste people from our world into their fourteenth-century historical romance novel.

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  Eye, Cutting, Our World

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