Patrick Rothfuss quotes

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right …Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Wisdom Short Humor Silence

It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give …It's the questions we can't answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he'll look for his own answers.

Question Fear Wisdom

When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy …When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.

Thinking Future

It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That …It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of …There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentleman.

Anger Fear

Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to …Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.

Funny Relationship Women Book

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to …We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.

Short Reality

Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light …Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.

Words

The best lies about me are the ones I …The best lies about me are the ones I told.

Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with …Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.

Humor Fear God

I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I'm like that. If I stop …I always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? I'm like that. If I stop reading, I die.

Reading Habit

There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not …There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

Pain Mind Reality






All Patrick Rothfuss quotes


There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, …There are so many men, all endlessly attempting to sweep me off my feet. And there is one of you, trying just the opposite. Making sure my feet are firm beneath me, lest I fall.

Friendship Love

Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard …Call a jack a jack. Call a spade a spade. But always call a whore a lady. Their lives are hard enough, and it never hurts to be polite.

Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. …Using words to talk of words is like using a pencil to draw a picture of itself, on itself. Impossible. Confusing. Frustrating... but there are other ways to understanding.

Words