I guess I'm destined to be loveless Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes From Patrick Rothfuss My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed. They seemed so perfectly content. If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you're lucky. Even if it only lasts for a minute or a day. The image of them gently swaying to the music is how I picture love in my mind even after all these years. Patrick Rothfuss love-pictureeyeyears There is nothing I can't do writing in Fantasy. I can have romance, I can have mystery, I can have drama, I can have good characters - I can have everything you can do in any other genre... plus a dragon. Patrick Rothfuss writingcharacterdrama Abenthy gave me an appraising look. I'd been waiting for it. It was the look that said, "You don't sound as young as you look." I hoped he'd come to grips with it fairly soon. It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one. Patrick Rothfuss waitingsoundchildren I also felt guilty about the three pens I'd stolen, but only for a second. And since there was no convenient way to give them back, I stole a bottle of ink before I left. Patrick Rothfuss bottlesthreegiving A troublesome question? Those tend to be the only whorthwhile kind. Patrick Rothfuss troublesomekind You're sure your new roommate won't be like the last one who wore tinfoil socks and had a tendency to occasionally urinate in the refrigerator. You're sure you'll pass Math 106 this time around. You're determined to actually join some clubs this year and not just sit around in your dorm eating spray cheese from a can and watching youtube videos about cats. Patrick Rothfuss catmathyears I took a deep breath, 'I took the nahlrout because I didn't want to faint. I needed to let them know they couldn't hurt me. I've learned that the best way to stay safe is to make your enemies think you can't be hurt.' It sounded ugly to say it so starkly, but it was the truth. I looked at him defiantly. Patrick Rothfuss hurtenemythinking It might not be true, but that doesn't mean it's nonsense. Patrick Rothfuss nonsensemightmean You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. Patrick Rothfuss enoughshouldwise 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 girlhurtsweet Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry. Patrick Rothfuss piecesmouthstogether My only real daydreamy casting over the years has been Natalie Portman for Denna. She's an amazing actress, and Denna is going to be one of the hardest characters to pull off. Patrick Rothfuss realcharacteryears Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them. Patrick Rothfuss flowersweetbook Some people are going to be impatient no matter what. If I wrote two books a year, someone out there would be pissed I wasn't writing three. Patrick Rothfuss writingbookyears Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters. Patrick Rothfuss plothalfcharacter 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 momheartfun Stand alone books are nice because they have everything all in one tidy little package. Neverwhere was awesome because you get action, adventure, character development, the exploration of a strange world, PLUS resolution of all the problems and mysteries at the end. No lines no waiting. That's very satisfying. Multi-volume stories are satisfying too, just in a different way. Patrick Rothfuss niceadventurebook Clean, quick, and easy as lying. We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give is the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack. Patrick Rothfuss realgivinglying The framed tale is, in my opinion, one of the most natural ways to tell a story. If you think of it, the conceit of the frame-less story is actually the odd way of doing things. Without the frame, how do you know the context for a story? Patrick Rothfuss storieswaythinking There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience. Patrick Rothfuss pureobedience
