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

“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.”

“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".”

“Maple. Maypole”

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

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

“... 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.”

“People aren't born good or bad. Maybe they're born with tendencies either way, but its the way you live your life that matters.”

“Yea, all things live forever, though at times they sleep and are forgotten.”

“Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously.”

““Don't leave it all unsaid,”

“He walked out in the gray light and stood and he saw for a brief moment the absolute truth of the world. The cold relentless circling of the intestate earth. Darkness implacable. The blind dogs of the sun in their running. The crushing black vacuum of the universe. And somewhere two hunted animals trembling like ground-foxes in their cover. Borrowed time and borrowed world and borrowed eyes with which to sorrow it.”

“I'm as cruel as life. As cruel as love.”