Chronicler picked up his pen, but before he could dip it, Kvothe held up a hand. "Let me say one thing before I start. I've told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies and harder truths. Once, I sang colors to a blind man. Seven hours I played, but at the end he said he saw them, green and red and gold. That, I think, was easier than this. Trying to make you understand her with nothing more than words. You have never seen her, never heard her voice. You cannot know.
Patrick RothfussHours later the blank sheet still stared at me, and I beat my fist against the desk in fury and fustration, striking it so hard my hand bled. That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.
Patrick RothfussJoss [Whedon] is an excellent storyteller. It really doesn't matter what medium he's working in.
Patrick RothfussI always read. You know how sharks have to keep swimming or they die? Iโm like that. If I stop reading, I die.
Patrick RothfussJust a little. Just the first faint breath of love... It wasnโt dramatic, like some bolt of lightning with a crack of thunder following. It was more like when flint strikes steel and the spark fades almost too fast for you to see. But still, you know itโs there, down where you canโt see, kindling.
Patrick Rothfuss