--- title: "3 Great life Quotes By Robin Hobb" description: "3 Great life quotes by Robin Hobb. Plus more from Robin Hobb and more Great life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robin-hobb-489_life_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_1922620.jpg" --- > [“What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made-no-difference-at-all-to-the/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robin-hobb-489_life_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_1922620.jpg) > [What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made-no-difference-at-all-to-the-2/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/robin-hobb-489_differences_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_2946096.jpg) > [Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/not-all-men-are-destined-for-greatness-i-reminded-him-are-you-sure/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88b/robin-hobb-489_care_not-all-men-are-destined-for-greatness-i_2992495.jpg) ## Other authors on Great life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-c-collins-46159.jpg) James C. Collins 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-life/james-c-collins/) ## More by Robin Hobb > [Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/boredom-is-vastly-underrated-boredom-means-that-nothing-is-trying-to/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“But that is not true for all folk. Some folk are meant to argue with fate. And win.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/but-that-is-not-true-for-all-folk-some-folk-are-meant-to-argue-with/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“I tried to leave you alone, Fitz. To find what peace you could, even if it excluded me from your life.” Ten years ago,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/i-tried-to-leave-you-alone-fitz-to-find-what-peace-you-could-even-if/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“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?"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/do-you-think-you-re-taking-etta-out-of-here-yes-kennit-called-over/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“A way out is a way in. Then,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/a-way-out-is-a-way-in-then/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“Die in your dreams, wake up insane.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/die-in-your-dreams-wake-up-insane/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/i-felt-a-familiar-squeezing-in-what-i-thought-must-be-my-heart-i-had/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“They spoke of a dream of a child who bore the heart of a wolf.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/they-spoke-of-a-dream-of-a-child-who-bore-the-heart-of-a-wolf/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“We all perish in our last attempt to live.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/we-all-perish-in-our-last-attempt-to-live/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“There is always power in holding a secret.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/there-is-always-power-in-holding-a-secret/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“... finally realizing that life was to be lived, rather than hoarded against an unseen tomorrow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/finally-realizing-that-life-was-to-be-lived-rather-than-hoarded/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/why-i-suddenly-wondered-had-i-wasted-all-those-hours-i-could-have/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/i-think-i-made-a-better-boy-than-i-do-a-man-i-admitted-ruefully-to/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“So, with all the wide world to choose from, you didn't choose at all. You simply stopped wandering one day”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/so-with-all-the-wide-world-to-choose-from-you-didn-t-choose-at-all/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/i-don-t-think-i-can-stand-it-much-longer-he-warned-her-something-will/) [Robin Hobb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robin-hobb/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-life/robin-hobb/#itemlist", "name": "3 Great life Quotes By Robin Hobb", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin Hobb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made-no-difference-at-all-to-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robin-hobb-489_life_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_1922620.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robin-hobb-489_life_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_1922620.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05f/robin-hobb-489_life_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_1922620.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world?” — Robin Hobb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? - Fool", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robin Hobb" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robin-hobb/what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made-no-difference-at-all-to-the-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/robin-hobb-489_differences_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_2946096.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/robin-hobb-489_differences_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_2946096.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c6/robin-hobb-489_differences_what-good-is-a-life-lived-as-if-it-made_2946096.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? - Fool” — Robin Hobb", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Not all men are destined for greatness,\" I reminded him. \"Are you sure, Fitz? 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