“Take all self-determination from a man’s life, and all that is left for him to do is complain.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“All I ever wanted to do was live my own life. And I’m having damn little success at that.” p. 250: Brashen… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? -… — 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
For, "Yes," he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world?” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“My perception of my life crashed from high tragedy to juvenile self-pity in a matter of moments.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
What a man can take with a sword, a woman can give by her flesh alone. Life. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“You are different, Bee. It will make some parts of your life very difficult. But if you always fall back on your… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“None of us ever know what we are choosing when we choose life. If certainty is so important to you, than you… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“His absence seemed a solid thing, a burden I must carry in addition to my grief... Yet I knew I would continue… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Life is not a race to restore a past situation. Nor does one have to hurry to meet the future. Seeing how… — 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
“I've thought of ending my life, Fool. I admit it. But always, no matter the damage to it, the body tries to… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence by the continuance of the necessary routines… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I’ve thought of ending my life, Fool. I admit it. But always, no matter the damage to it, the body tries to… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
In that last dance of chances I shall partner you no more. I shall watch another turn you As you move across… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
When you are writing, you have to love all your characters. If you're writing something from a minor character's point of view,… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“No being gets to decide what his life is 'supposed to be.' ” She lifted her eyes and her gaze stabbed him.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“You should leave off sniffing the carcass of your old life, my brother. You may enjoy unending pain. I do not. There… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Be a man. Discover where you are now, and go on from there, making the best of things. accept your life, and… — 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
“I tried to leave you alone, Fitz. To find what peace you could, even if it excluded me from your life.” Ten… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll dice, and understand that the… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“There were times when taking vengeance for the dead seemed too high a price for abandoning the living. I” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Come, hunt with me, the invitation whispers in my heart. Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“I wanted us to share all our lives. You wish to keep me in a box, separate from your life. I cannot… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“(Lady Patience) Do you think you can pretend to be dead and vanish from my life for sixteen years and then walk… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
In real life, things don't all end at the nice same place. To keep the story real, there has to be kind… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
That is the challenge Companion. To take what has happened to you and learn from it. Nothing is quite so destructive as… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“True courage is facing life without flinching. I don’t mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“that life was an immense wheel, turning in a set track and that his task was to bump the wheel out of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and… — 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
