“Passed through fire and plunged through salt water and offered to the winds of the air; thus were names sealed to these… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“How often does a man know, without question, that he has done well? I do not think it happens often in anyone's… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“-Just tell me. Do I break the future? -Oh, child. We all do. That is both the danger and the hope of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
The truth, I discovered, is a tree that grows as a man gains access to experience. A child sees the acorn of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“It was a simple account of an incident from his childhood. At the time I recall that I wondered why he had… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“The problem is not that we forget the past. It is that we recall it too well. Children recall wrongs that enemies… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“And like a child, I'd be testing the people who loved me, pulling away from them almost for the sole reason of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I will always take your part, Bee. Right or wrong. That is why you must always take care to be right, lest… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I began attempting to write for children under the mistaken assumption that writing for children was easy. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Remember with your heart. Go back, go back, and go back. The skies of this world were always meant to have dragons.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Trust had. But I had broken that, like a child who takes something apart to see how it works and ends up… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Remember with your heart. Go back, go back and go back. The skies of this world were always meant to have dragons.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I think there is in the heart of a man a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment. All one’s… — 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
