Some of my Arcanum bunkmates taught me a card game called dogs-breath. I returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in psychology, probability, and manual dexterity. I won almost two whole talents before they stopped inviting me back to their games.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

By your logic I should also be in charge of Solinade dances, needlework, and horse thieving.

— Patrick Rothfuss

For me, language is something that I’ve always loved. When I read, that’s what I look for. When I write, that’s what I strive for.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard.

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

I’ve always liked the moonless night best. It’s easier to say things in the dark. It’s easier to be yourself.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I learned to love the feel of good words.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The boy grows upward, but the girl grows up.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Don’t get me wrong, hard and soft fantasy stories can both be good. But you need to know which camp you’re in. I’m into realism. I’m a hard fantasy guy.

— Patrick Rothfuss

It was more exciting when I didn’t know I had permission.

— Patrick Rothfuss

That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The desire for knowledge shapes a man.

— Patrick Rothfuss

It’s hard for a newbie author to get noticed.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Small facts lead to great knowing.

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is something powerfully beguiling about the excited eyes of a young woman. They can pull all manner of nonsense out of a foolish young man, and I was no exception to this rule.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.

— Patrick Rothfuss

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

I’m not a role model. I’m an aberation. A statistical anomoly. Following in my footsteps is about the dumbest thing you could ever do.

— Patrick Rothfuss

I’m not a speed writer. I write slowly and revise obsessively. The end result tends to be good. That’s where my strength is.

— Patrick Rothfuss

It’s not prowess if you watch 5 hours of TV a day. It’s just how you choose to spend your time.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Nobody cooks using just one ingredient. Why would you write using just one flavor of story?

— Patrick Rothfuss

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