After a certain point is reached the numbers cease to matter, and all that remains is the faceless mass of a crowd.
Patrick RothfussYou see, women are like fires, like flames. Some women are like candles, bright and friendly. Some are like single sparks, or embers, like fireflies for chasing on summer nights. Some are like campfires, all light and heat for a night and willing to be left after. Some women are like hearthfires, not much to look at but underneath they are all warm red coal that burns a long, long while.
Patrick RothfussOne reason we love fiction is because stories have a comforting shape. They provide a resolution that's lacking in our regular lives.
Patrick RothfussIf you are going to impose your will on the world, you must have control over what you believe.
Patrick RothfussAuri took it, and peered inside the small leather sack. โWhy this is lovely, Kvothe. What lives in the salt?โ Trace minerals, I thought. Chromium, bassal, malium, iodine . . . everything your body needs but probably canโt get from apples and bread and whatever you manage to scrounge up when I canโt find you. โThe dreams of fish,โ I said. โAnd sailorโs songs.
Patrick Rothfuss