If you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe. Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes by Patrick Rothfuss More Quotes From Patrick Rothfuss I can't count the men who have tried to seduce me away from my virtue by teaching me how to defend it. Patrick Rothfuss virtue teaching men Metal rusts, music lasts forever. Patrick Rothfuss rust lasts forever Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Patrick Rothfuss faculty pain mind I can't give you the moon,” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself. Patrick Rothfuss moon said giving When someone tells you a piece of their life, they're giving you a gift, not granting you your due. Patrick Rothfuss dues pieces giving She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important. Patrick Rothfuss wicked ego important I've got an idea for a modern day faerie tale that I think would made a great short novel. But I just don't have the time to work on it right now. I'm way too busy with the 'Kingkiller Chronicles' and being a new dad. Patrick Rothfuss dad ideas thinking One of my favorite artists on Deviantart. Patrick Rothfuss favorite-artist my-favorite artist I think the tendency to over-explain and over describe is one of the most common failings in fantasy. It's an unfortunate piece of Tolkien's legacy. Don't get me wrong, Tolkien was a great worldbuilder, but he got a little caught up describing his world at times, at the expense of the overall story. Patrick Rothfuss legacy writing thinking There is nothing quite so delightfully mysterious as a secret in your own backyard. Patrick Rothfuss backyards mysterious secret Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game? Patrick Rothfuss games winning beautiful Small facts lead to great knowing. Patrick Rothfuss knowing facts Hours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking it so hard my hand bled. That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink. Patrick Rothfuss secret hands blood 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 fae naked ideas In the hours that followed, I learned that Ademic hand gestures did not actually represent facial expressions. It was nothing so simple as that. For example a smile can mean you're amused, happy, grateful, or satisfied. You can smile to comfort someone. You can smile because you're content or because you're in love. A grimace or a grin look similar to a smile, but they mean entirely different things. Imagine trying to teach someone how to smile. Imagine trying to describe what different smiles mean and when, precisely, to use them in conversation. It's harder than learning to walk. Patrick Rothfuss grateful simple mean There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women. Patrick Rothfuss camaraderie men enemy 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. Patrick Rothfuss hurt enemy thinking So Stapes conducted a dinner for just the two of us, then informed me of a dozen small but important mistakes I had made. Setting down a dirty utensil was considered crude, for example. That meant it was perfectly acceptable to lick one's knife clean. In fact, if you didn't want to dirty your napkin it was the only seemly thing to do. Patrick Rothfuss knives mistake dirty I decided to dub the room with the good chairs my lutery. Or perhaps my performatory. I would need a while to come up with something suitably pretentious. Patrick Rothfuss pretentious rooms needs I walked across the polished marble floor and sat on a red velvet lounging couch. I idly wondered how exactly one was supposed to lounge. I couldn't remember ever doing it myself. After a moment's consideration, I decided lounging was probably similar to relaxing, but with more money in your pocket. Patrick Rothfuss velvet red pockets
