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She taught me I should never do anything in private I did not want talked about in public, and cautioned me not to talk in my sleep. (Patrick Rothfuss)
I only know one story. But oftentimes small pieces seem to be stories themselves. View quote
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You are not wise enough to fear me as I should be feared. View quote
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Roses! I swear you men have all your romance from the same worn book. Flowers are a good thing, a sweet thing to give a lady. But it is always roses, always red, and always perfect hothouse blooms when they can come by them. View quote
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Why would I want to win anything other than a beautiful game? View quote
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That was another lesson I had learned perhaps too well: people meant pain. View quote
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Do not mistake me for my mask. You see light dappling on the water and forget the deep, cold dark beneath. View quote
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I like your manly bravado," she said. "Do it some more. View quote
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But sometimes the best help a person can find is helping someone else. View quote
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Do you just want to get by? Or do you want to make me proud? View quote
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The second was some rather bad poetry, but it was short, and I forced my way through by gritting my teeth and occasionally closing one eye so as not to damage the entirety of my brain. (Patrick Rothfuss)
Ambrose, your presence is the horseshit frosting on the horseshit cake that is the admissions interview process. View quote
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But no. There is a difference between the truth and what we wish were true. View quote
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I'll string a fiddle with your guts and make you play it while I dance. View quote
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The seeds of the past bear fruit in the present. View quote
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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. View quote
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If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way. View quote
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I need you to breathe for me. View quote
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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. View quote
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Each woman is like an instrument, waiting to be learned, loved, and finely played, to have at last her own true music made. View quote
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You,” I said, "are sweet music in a distant room. (Patrick Rothfuss)
If your name is getting too heavy, you should have Kvothe give you a new one. View quote
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Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs. View quote
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She was a wicked thing sometimes. All full of want. As if the shape of the world depended on her mood. As if she were important. View quote
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I learned to love the feel of good words. View quote
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