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“Without a filter, a man is just chaos walking.”
― Patrick Ness, The Knife of Never Letting Go

“I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I learned to love the feel of good words.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I was just wondering why you're here.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“The problem with a lot of people who read only literary fiction is that they assume fantasy is just books about orcs and goblins and dragons and wizards and bullshit. And to be fair, a lot of fantasy is about that stuff.

The problem with people in fantasy is they believe that literary fiction is just stories about a guy drinking tea and staring out the window at the rain while he thinks about his mother. And the truth is a lot of literary fiction is just that. Like, kind of pointless, angsty, emo, masturbatory bullshit.

However, we should not be judged by our lowest common denominators. And also you should not fall prey to the fallacious thinking that literary fiction is literary and all other genres are genre. Literary fiction is a genre, and I will fight to the death anyone who denies this very self-evident truth.

So, is there a lot of fantasy that is raw shit out there? Absolutely, absolutely, it’s popcorn reading at best. But you can’t deny that a lot of lit fic is also shit. 85% of everything in the world is shit. We judge by the best. And there is some truly excellent fantasy out there. For example, Midsummer Night’s Dream; Hamlet with the ghost; Macbeth, ghosts and witches; I’m also fond of the Odyessey; Most of the Pentateuch in the Old Testament, Gargantua and Pantagruel.

Honestly, fantasy existed before lit fic, and if you deny those roots you’re pruning yourself so closely that you can’t help but wither and die.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“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, The Wise Man's Fear

“I do this so you cannot help but hear. A wise man views a moonless night with fear.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“You know, I could have carried you.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Auri," I asked slowly, "are you joking with me?"
She looked up and grinned. "Yes I am," she said proudly. "Isn't it wonderful?”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Absence feeds affection.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“Emotions by their very nature are not reasonable things.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“You did not want things for yourself. That made you small.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“Eres un vino dulce en mi boca, una canción en mi garganta, y la risa en mi corazón.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“La mejor venganza es ser feliz.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Daisies, simple and sweet. Daisies are the way to win my heart.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Te mentiría. Vale la pena mentir por ti. Pero no te mentiría. También vale la pena decir la verdad por ti.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“...unwise love is the truest love.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“She laughed so sweet and loud and long it sounded like a bell, a harp, a song.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“The majority of important things cannot be said outright, they cannot be made explicit. They can only be implied.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I hate nothing more than doing things badly.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“The Lethani is the same everywhere,” she said firmly. “It is not like the wind, changing from place to place.”

“The Lethani is like water,” I responded without thinking. “It is itself unchanging, but it shapes itself to fit all places. It is both the river and the rain.”

She glared at me. “Who are you to say the Lethani is like one thing and not another?”

“Who are you to do the same?”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“[Simmon] "Go on."
I [Kvothe] stayed where I was. "It's not that easy."
"Nothing's ever easy with you," Wilem muttered.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“I’ve always
liked moonless nights best. It’s easier to say things
in the dark. It’s easier to be yourself.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“What makes you think I am not teaching you? Aside from the fact that you refuse to learn.”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“-No te calles por mi culpa, Kvothe -dijo con dulzura-. Echaría de menos el sonido de tu voz.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“si vuelves a decirme una frase de siete palabras, me desmayo. (Denna)”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Quizá lo bello sea moverse según la propia naturaleza.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“¡Es un asno muy culto, se le nota el porte! ¡Y por un penique de cobre te dejará que lo montes!”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind