Truth Quote by Patrick Rothfuss — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

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

“We know how it ends practically before it starts. That´s why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack".”

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

“All explicit knowledge is translated knowledge, and all translation is imperfect.”

“It slowly began to dawn on me that I had been staring at her for an impossible amount of time. Lost in my thoughts, lost in the sight of her. But her face didn't look offended or amused. It almost looked as if she were studying the lines of my face, almost as if she were waiting.”

“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.”

“The self-congratulatory popular account insists that Dr. King called on the nation to fully accept its own creed, and the walls came a-tumbling down. This conventional narrative is soothing, moving, and politically acceptable, and has only the disadvantage of bearing no resemblance to what actually happened.”

“Everything is permitted, Nothing is true.”

“And whatever my life had been up to that day, it was another life after that. And that is the gospel truth.”

“Could mankind declare it was truly wise? Did man know everything on earth, or would he ever? Certainly not!”

“Nothing but truth is immortal.”

“And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.”