“Because your heart will be hammered against him, and your strength will be tempered in his fire.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“That was Verity's way. MOnths had passed since we had last spoken but he took no times for greetings. Chade said it… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I'd rather I was a stray pup,' I made bold to say. And then all my fears broke my voice as I… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“It was inside me. The more I sought it, the stronger it grew. It loved me. Loved me even if I couldn't,… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“The King's tool. I see.' An oppression settle over me. My brief glimpse of blue skies arching over yellow roads and me… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, everything was easy and clear. I simply did whatever Chade told me to do, and trusted to him to have it… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Wait for you? Not likely. I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“If all I had ever done was to be born and discovered, I would have left a mark across all the land… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“It doesn't have to be that bad,' Chade said quietly. 'Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Chade, I know the Fool is strange. But I like it when he comes to talk to me. He speaks in riddles,… — 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