Mike Haskell > Mike's Quotes

“There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.”
― Robert Strauss

“If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Books are a poor substitute for female companionship, but they are easier to find.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“It was wise enough to know itself, and brave enough to BE itself, and wild enough to change itself while somehow staying altogether true.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things

“I won the only duel I ever lost.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Hespe's mouth went firm. She didn't scowl exactly, but it looked like she was getting all the pieces of a scowl together in one place, just in case she needed them in a hurry.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“It took him a long, miserable time before he realized the truth of things: There is a great deal of difference between a penis and a heart.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I’d heard he had started a fistfight in one of the seedier local taverns because someone had insisted on saying the word “utilize” instead of “use.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“If I seem to wander, if I seem to stray, remember that true stories seldom take the straightest way”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“To deem us simply enemies is to lose the true flavor of our relationship. It was more like the two of us entered into a business partnership in order to more efficiently pursue our mutual interest of hating each other.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“It was more exciting when I didn't know I had permission.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“My bad luck got tangled up with my bad decisions, and I'm paying for it.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“...nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Good lord woman. If i had tits like yours I'd own half the world by now.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Truth is a troublesome motherfucker unless it's handled properly”
― Patrick Rothfuss

“There are few things as nauseating as pure obedience.”
― patrick rothfuss

“If there is one thing I will not abide it is the folly of a willful pride.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“But to love something despite. To know the flaws and love them too. This is rare and pure and perfect.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“There was a door, but it was terribly bashful, so Auri politely pretended not to see it.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Slow Regard of Silent Things