Patrick Rothfuss Quotes About Heart

Quotes about: Heart

• Remember this son, if you forget everything else. A poet is a musician who can't sing. Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart. And, some men's minds are woeful small targets. Music touches their hearts directly, no matter how small or stubborn the mind of the man who listens.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Son, Men

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.91, Hachette UK

• Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Men, Fire

  "The Name of the Wind". Book by Patrick Rothfuss, 2007.

• So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Love, Heart, Perfect

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.57, Penguin

• I know," she said. "You have a stone in your heart, and some days it's so heavy there is nothing to be done. But you don't have to be alone for it. You should have come to me. I understand.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Should Have, Done

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.78, Penguin

• 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.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Song, Sweet, Moving

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.740, Penguin

• Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts. There are seven words that will make a person love you. There are ten words that will break a strong man's will. But a word is nothing but a painting of a fire. A name is the fire itself.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Strong, Love You, Heart

  "The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, Book 1)". Book by Patrick Rothfuss, March 27, 2007.

• I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare mutely at the slow-rolling swell of the sea. I have watched old soldiers with hearts like leather grow teary-eyed at their king's colors stretched against the wind. Listen to me: these men know nothing of love. You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Kings, Lying, Love You

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.56, Penguin

• ...it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Secret, Poison

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.457, Penguin

• It's a shame you left without a word, you know. She was just beginning to trust you before that. Before you got angry. Before you ran off. Just like every other man in her life. Lusting after her, full of sweet words, then just walking away. Leaving her alone. Good thing she's used to it by now, isn't it? Otherwise you might have hurt her. Otherwise you just might have broken that poor girl's heart

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Girl, Sweet, Hurt

• I smiled,"Deoch, my heart is made of stronger stuff than glass. When she strikes she'll find it strong as iron-bound brass, or gold and adamant together mixed. Don't think I am unaware, some startled deer to stand transfixed by hunter's horns. It's she who should take care, for when she strikes, my heart will make a sound so beautiful and bright that it can't help but bring her back to me in winged light.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Beautiful, Strong, Heart

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.367, Hachette UK

• Words have to find a man's mind before they can touch his heart, and some men's minds are woefully small targets.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Men, Mind

  Patrick Rothfuss (2010). “The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chonicle:”, p.91, Hachette UK

• Beer dulls a memory, brand sets it burning, but wine is the best for a sore heart's yearning.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Memories, Heart, Wine

• Secrets of the heart. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Crush, Heart, Secret

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.457, Penguin

• There can be many opinions on a thing, but there is only one truth." Vashet smiled lazily. "And if the pursuit of the truth was my goal, that would concern me." She gave a long yawn, stretching like a happy cat. "Instead I will focus on the joy in my heart, [...}

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Heart, Cat, Long

  Patrick Rothfuss (2011). “The Wise Man's Fear: The Kingkiller Chronicle: Day Two”, p.779, Penguin

• ...if I have ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Children, Heart, Shadow

• Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Growing Up, Lying, Heart

• It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Writing, Heart, Character

• 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.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Mom, Fun, Heart

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

  Patrick Rothfuss

  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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