July 2010
18 posts
“For I see a man must either resolve to put out nothing new or become a slave to...”
– Issac Newton, as cited by Paul Graham
“God has set limits on man’s intelligence, none on his stupidity.”
– Alice von Hildebrand
“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing...”
– Winston Churchill
“They never saw a world in which they could be wrong, for how could they be...”
– Internal Conversations, vol. 26
“To love is to sing a song in tune with another.”
– Internal Conversations, vol. 26
“My parents danced together, her head on his chest. Both had their eyes closed....”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“You meet a girl: shy, unassuming. If you tell her she’s beautiful,...”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“God gives you answers in three ways: he says yes and gives you want you want, he...”
– Various tumblelogs
“When we are children we seldom think of the future. This innocence leaves us...”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have...”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“Go out in the early days of winter, after the first cold snap of the season....”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“[F]or most practical purposes, Tarbean had two parts: Waterside and Hillside....”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind
“I’ve told stories in the past, painted pictures with words, told hard lies...”
– Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind