But one had to go back to the beginning of things, always. Trace the thread of life - find the knot - untangle it.

The lush green of the fields became a rich gold that swayed sturdily under the wind and fell at last before the hands of the reapers.

it was a sly trick of God's to give a man work to do - it kept him from asking questions that God couldn't answer.

I don't see as it matters much how well you mean if it's harm you're doin'.

By mid-morning a rain as fine as silk spills was weaving over the lake.

A false vision was better than none.

Ah, life, life, how madly, how cruelly it raced along your pulses!

There was nothing so real on the prairie as winter, nothing so memorable.

There is too much doing - too little being! When we begin to get strenuous, life begins to grow intolerable.

Time, designing slowly, swiftly; Time, destroying slowly, swiftly; Time holding, possessing the earth in its tender indifference.

The snow again. White, white net of beauty, net of dream, trapping the earth, trapping the helpless heart of life.

burnt by the sunof your mouth, I’m unable to speak or paint you with words

Yes, I could stop writing... But only after I shoot myself.

And, Kar, love is not a commandment, it is a need, as real as eating.

My songs pretty much revolve in my brain most of the time - usually, whatevers coming next.

[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation.

Patrick Rothfuss gives us a fabulous debut, standing firmly on the main stage of the fantasy genre and needing no warm-up act. Jordan and Goodkind must be looking nervously over their shoulders!

The mistake is to imagine that perfection is possible when the very idea is unthinkable.

Hearts don't come when Reason whistles to 'em.

I question why the department continued to watch the costs escalate without informing Parliament and without considering alternatives.

Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.