I have heard what poets write about women. They rhyme and rhapsodize and lie. I have watched sailors on the shore stare mutely at the slow-rolling swell of the sea. I have watched old soldiers with hearts like leather grow teary-eyed at their king's colors stretched against the wind. Listen to me: these men know nothing of love. You will not find it in the words of poets or the longing eyes of sailors. If you want to know of love, look to a trouper's hands as he makes his music. A trouper knows.
Patrick RothfussIf I'd been whoring before class and waved a corset at him, no one would have thought twice about it!
Patrick RothfussNow the truth is, writing is a great way to deal with a lot of difficult emotional issues. It can be very therapeutic, but that's best done in your journal, or on your blog if you're an exhibitionist. Trying to put a bunch of *specific* stuff from your personal life into your story usually just isn't appropriate unless you're writing a memoir or a personal essay or something of the sort.
Patrick RothfussThe air was heavy with the smell of leather and dust, of old parchment and binding glue. It smelled of secrets.
Patrick RothfussHalf a King is my favorite book by Joe Abercrombie so far, and that's saying something.
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