Top 15 Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

But now she knew much more than that. So much of what she’d thought was truth before was merely tricks. No more than clever ways of speaking to the world. They were a bargaining. A plea. A call. A cry.
But underneath, there was a secret deep within the hidden heart of things.

It was just as Mandrag said: Nine tenths of alchemy was chemistry. And nine tenths of chemistry was waiting.

She indulged herself from time to time. It helped remind her she was truly free.

It was better to be gentle and polite. It was the worst sort of selfishness to force yourself upon the world.

They made a medley without melding or meddling.

It exasperated her, but she knew better than to force the world to bend to her desire.

It was just as Master Mandrag always said: nine tenths of chemistry was waiting.

She knew better than anyone, it was worth doing things the proper way.

Cruelty never helped the turning of the world.

But for half a minute she wished it was a different sort of day, even though she knew that nothing good could come from wanting at the world.

Answers were always important, but they were seldom easy.

But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true.

Oh it seemed sensible. Oh yes. Certainly. But she knew what seeming was worth in the end, didn’t she?

"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.

We love what we love. Reason does not enter into it. In many ways, unwise love is the truest love. Anyone can love a thing because. That's as easy as putting a penny in your pocket. But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. That is rare and pure and perfect.