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Patrick Rothfuss Quotes

Total quotes: 10
“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear(Kingkiller Chronicle)
Tagged: Wisdom, Intelligence, Silence
“If you can find someone like that, someone who you can hold and close your eyes to the world with, then you’re lucky. Even if it only lasts for a minute or a day.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Tagged: Love, romance, Right Person, Lover, Lucky, fortunate
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us free to enjoy ourselves as few adults can. The day we fret about the future is the day we leave our childhood behind.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Tagged: Future, Children, Innocence
“I’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are. I’ve waited a long time to show these flowers how pretty you are.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear(Kingkiller Chronicle)
Tagged: Poetic, Expression of Love, Romantic Feelings
“It’s like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Tagged: self, Identity
“I’ve always liked moonless nights best. It’s easier to say things in the dark. It’s easier to be yourself.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear(Kingkiller Chronicle)
Tagged: Darkness, Love of the dark, Night, Reflection
“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.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
Tagged: Love, ability, Imperfections, Flaws, Perfect, rare, Acceptance
“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Tagged: faculty of mind, Mind, Coping With Pain, Pain
“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.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man’s Fear
Tagged: Curiosity, Knowledge, Intelligence, Perspective
“Perhaps the greatest faculty our minds possess is the ability to cope with pain. Classic thinking teaches us of the four doors of the mind, which everyone moves through according to their need.

First is the door of sleep. Sleep offers us a retreat from the world and all its pain. Sleep marks passing time, giving us distance from the things that have hurt us. When a person is wounded they will often fall unconscious. Similarly, someone who hears traumatic news will often swoon or faint. This is the mind's way of protecting itself from pain by stepping through the first door.

Second is the door of forgetting. Some wounds are too deep to heal, or too deep to heal quickly. In addition, many memories are simply painful, and there is no healing to be done. The saying 'time heals all wounds' is false. Time heals most wounds. The rest are hidden behind this door.

Third is the door of madness. There are times when the mind is dealt such a blow it hides itself in insanity. While this may not seem beneficial, it is. There are times when reality is nothing but pain, and to escape that pain the mind must leave reality behind.

Last is the door of death. The final resort. Nothing can hurt us after we are dead, or so we have been told.”
— Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
Tagged: Psychologists, Psychology, Anthropology, Soul Searching, Madness, Life Is A Journey, Pain, Sleep
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