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“Sometimes leaving is the only thing you can do.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“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 book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“A tinker’s debt is always paid:
Once for any simple trade.
Twice for freely given aid.
Thrice for any insult made.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 1, “A Place for Demons” (p. 5)

“How odd to watch a mortal kindle / Then to dwindle day by day / Knowing their bright souls are tinder / And the wind will have its way”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“Some days simply lay on you like stones. Some were fickle as cats, sliding away when you needed comfort, then coming back later when you didn’t want them, jostling at you, stealing your breath.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“Small facts lead to great knowing.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“I scowled as loudly as I could.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“All stories are true.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

The Name of the Wind

“Soon. She knew. Soon he would come visiting. Incarnadine and sweet and sad and broken. Just like her.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“Damn chicken. Come eat your dinner. I'm cold.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

“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 book The Name of the Wind

Source: The Name of the Wind

“The air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“She felt… less. She felt tamped down. Dim. More faint. Feint. Feigned. Fain.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket," Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear

“She knew the true shape of the world. All else was shadow and the sound of distant drums.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Slow Regard of Silent Things

Source: The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“But even this piece of flattery couldn't distract me from the fact that I was in the center of the Fae realm, blind, stark naked, and without the slightest idea of what was going on.”

Patrick Rothfuss book The Wise Man's Fear

Source: The Wise Man's Fear