“Not babies perhaps. But I know about young things. Foals, puppies, calves, piglets. Even hunting cats. I know if you want them to trust you, you touch them when they are small. Gently, but firmly, so they believe in your… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“But that is not true for all folk. Some folk are meant to argue with fate. And win.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I tried to leave you alone, Fitz. To find what peace you could, even if it excluded me from your life.” Ten years ago,… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Do you think you're taking Etta out of here?" "Yes," Kennit called over his shoulder up the sairs. "What about all these dead men?"… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I felt a familiar squeezing in what I thought must be my heart. I had heard of being "heartbroken" or "heavy-hearted" but I had… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“... finally realizing that life was to be lived, rather than hoarded against an unseen tomorrow.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Why, I suddenly wondered, had I wasted all those hours I could have spent with her? Why hadn’t I gone with them, to listen… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I think I made a better boy than I do a man, I admitted ruefully to the wolf. Why not wait until you've been… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“So, with all the wide world to choose from, you didn't choose at all. You simply stopped wandering one day” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I don't think I can stand it much longer,” he warned her. “Something will have to give way. And I fear it will be… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
