Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear Quotes

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

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

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

I've always liked the moonless night best. It's easier to say things in the dark. It's easier to be yourself.

I am no poet. I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.

Death was like an unpleasant neighbor. You didn’t talk about him for fear he might hear you and decide to pay a visit.

Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts.

My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.

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.

Pride is always a better lever against the nobility than reason.

When you love something, you have to make sure it loves you back, or you'll bring about no end of trouble chasing it.

...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.

Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game?

I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use.

I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with fear.

Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands.

Looters become looted, while time and tide make us mercenaries all.

Pride is the luxury of the strong".

If I ever met someone without a single shadow on their heart, it was surely a child too young for speaking.

Sharing silence between us. Sometimes is all you can share.

The point isn't to win the game. The point is to play a beautiful game. (paraphrased)

They fight like puppies. They are young, and boys. They are full of anger and impatience. Women have less trouble with these things. It's part of what makes us better fighters.

When someone tells you a piece of their life, they’re giving you a gift, not granting you your due.

A tree doesn't make a thunderstorm, but any fool knows where lighting´s going to strike".

There is something deeply satisfying in shaping something with your hands. Proper artificing is like a song made solid. It is an act of creation.

over his own dark Cealdish beard. “Nothing like your marvelous facebear,

Bast looked at him incredulously."The whole world is burning down, "he said."Open your eyes.

Asleep she was a painting of a fire. Awake she was the fire itself

My alar is like the ocean in storm. (Devi)

So yes. It had flaws, but what does that matter when it comes to matters of the heart? We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it.

Wrong things never lead to success. If a man acts wrongly and succeeds, that is not the way. Without the Lethani there is no true success.

I can't give you the moon, ” the tinker said. “She doesn't belong to me. She belongs only to herself.

As I fingered my way through the songs, I felt my worries slough away. My music has always been the best remedy for my dark moods. As I sang, even my bruises seemed to pain me less.

It’s not over if you’re still here, ” Chronicler said. “It’s not a tragedy if you’re still alive.

I’d heard you were dead.”"I heard you wear a red lace corset, ” I said matter-of-factly. “But I don’t believe every bit of nonsense that gets rumored about.

so many thoughts, my kvothe. you know too much to be happy.

I was one of those. I meddled with dark powers. Isummoned demons. I ate the entire little cheese, including the rind.

What about falling?' I asked. 'If you fall, you fall.' Elodin shrugged. 'Sometimes falling teaches us things too. In dreams you often fall before you wake.

I want a magical horse that fits in my pocket, " Wil said. "And a ring of red amber that gives me power over demons. And an endless supply of cake.

What I personally knew about courting women could comfortably fit into a thimble without taking it off your finger first.

There's looking and there's looking. When some men look at you it's a greasy thing. It makes you want to have a bath. With other men it's nice. It helps you know you're beautiful.

You, ” I said, “are sweet music in a distant room.

Words cannot always do the work we need them to. Music is there for when words fail us.

You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.

Lies are simpler, and most of the time they make better sense.

They were the best sort of friends. The sort everyone hopes for but no one deserves, least of all me.

I am sorry to tell you this thing. Youu are a good man, and a pretty thing. But still, you are only a man. All you have to offer the world is your anger.

It had felt as if I were truly awake for the first time, true knowledge running like ice in my blood.The memory exhilirated me for a moment, then left me with a broken cord of loss.

There's no clear water from a muddy well. All you can do is let the silt settle until the water clears otherwise it will taste sour. (paraphrased)

...If there's one thing I'm well versed in it's my own good qualities.