Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick Rothfuss
Patrick James Rothfussis an American writer of epic fantasy. He is best known for his projected three-volume series The Kingkiller Chronicle...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 June 1973
CityMadison, WI
CountryUnited States of America
fearless fool priests
Only priests and fools are fearless and I've never been on the best of terms with God.
sandwiches maps mixtures
Did I ever mention I used to be a delivery driver too? I was. I can read a map. What’s more, using a brilliant mixture of zen navigation, Aristotelian logic, and pure rage I can get you your package and/or delicious sandwich relatively close to on-time.
children tiresome ifs
It gets tiresome being spoken to as if you are a child, even if you happen to be one.
summer hurt mean
Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna.
reading notes name-of-the-wind
It wasn't even a good note. 'If you are reading this I am probably dead.' What sort of a note is that?
hurt thinking enemy
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.
mom fun heart
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.
said bravado manly
I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more.
hands mastery admitting
The Chancellor looked down at the empty table for a minute. Then he shrugged, looked up, and gave a surprisingly jaunty smile. "All in favor of admitting first-term Kvothe's reckless use of sympathy as proof of mastery of basic principles of sympathy vote by show of hands.
two people purpose
... for most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside. Waterside is where people are poor. That makes them beggars, thieves and whores. Hillside is where people are rich. That makes them solicitors, politicians and courtesans.
hurt thinking 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.
book people needs
Each book needs a good beginning and a good ending. People get pissed off when you don't close things off properly at the end.
men enemy camaraderie
There is a sort of camaraderie that rarely exists except between men who have fought the same enemies and know the same women.
dark beard marvelous
over his own dark Cealdish beard. “Nothing like your marvelous facebear,