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““I’ll admit, I was disappointed to learn that dragons didn’t exist. That’s a hard lesson for a boy to learn.”
Chronicler smiled. “Honestly, I was a little disappointed myself. I went looking for a legend and found a lizard. A fascinating lizard, but a lizard just the same.””

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Patrick Rothfuss livre Le Nom du vent

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 6, “The Price of Remembering” (p. 46)

“Trouble,” he chuckled. “What does a boy like you know about trouble? I was in trouble afore you were born. I been in trouble you don’t even got words for.”

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Patrick Rothfuss livre Le Nom du vent

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 61, “Jackass, Jackass” (p. 454)

“So you went looking for a myth and found a man.”

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Patrick Rothfuss livre Le Nom du vent

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 6, “The Price of Remembering” (p. 50)

“I was heavily influenced by my first attempt at a novel. I started a fantasy novel back in high school, and…. well… it really sucked. It was a plotless, clichéd mess. When I sat down to write this book, I wanted to make something much, much better. I wanted to write something that was pretty much the opposite of that first novel.
Also, I read Cyrano De Bergerac, right before I started writing the book. Cyrano's character reminded me of some important things, namely, what it really means to be a tragic hero. You don't need a lot of the cliché fantasy trappings to have that cool character.
I also read Giacomo Casanova's memoirs soon after starting this project. That opened my eyes to how interesting an autobiography could be, provided the person telling it has a way with words and has lived a sufficiently adventurous life….”

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Patrick Rothfuss

Interview with Fantasy Book Critic (25 May 2007) http://fantasybookcritic.blogspot.com/2007/03/interview-with-patrick-rothfuss.html

“Nothing makes a man feel older than a young woman.”

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Patrick Rothfuss livre Le Nom du vent

Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 69, “Wind or Women’s Fancy” (p. 512)

“It was one of those perfect autumn days so common in stories and so rare in the real world.”

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Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 2, “A Beautiful Day” (p. 19)

““Music is a fine thing, but metal lasts.” He struck the table with two huge fingers to emphasize his point….
As I left, I thought about what Kilvin had said. It was the first thing he had said to me that I did not agree with wholeheartedly. Metal rusts, I thought, music lasts forever.
Time will eventually prove one of us right.”

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Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 60, “Fortune” (pp. 443-444; ellipsis represents minor elision of description)

“He picked the rock back up. “Do you believe that it floated?”
“No!” I sulked, rubbing my temples.
“Good. It didn’t. Never fool yourself into perceiving things that don’t exist.””

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Source: The Name of the Wind (2007), Chapter 10, “Alar and Several Stones” (p. 78)

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