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
“All of life, I wanted to tell him, is in our minds. Where else does it take place, where else do we… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“when you let go and follow your fate instead of trying to twist your life around and master it, a man finds… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“You can’t go back,” she told him bluntly. Her voice was neither kind nor unkind. “That part of your life is over.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“With the Wit, one is aware of all the life that surrounds one. It was not just the warmth of the mare… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“There is no path to the future, Fitz. The path is now. Now is all there is, or ever will be. You… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“You can’t go back,” she told him bluntly. Her voice was neither kind nor unkind. “That part of your life is over.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“He leaned forward, eyes gleaming with enthusiasm. As he spoke, he lifted the kettle from the oil flame and poured steaming water… — 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 truly wanted to live a life in which I could make my own choices, independent of the 'duties' of my birth… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
As I apologized to her a flicker of panic raced through me and then faded away. There wasn't enough life left in… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“This is philosophy, Fool. I have never had time to study such things.’ ‘No, Fitz, this is life. And no one has… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Life is a balance. We tend to forget that as we go blithely from day to day. We eat and drink and… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“The death of Nighteyes gutted me. I walked wounded through my life in the days that followed, unaware of just how mutilated… — 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.” She laughed low.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“He shook his head pityingly. “This, more than anything else, is what I have never understood about your people. You can roll… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“All of us have a right to our lives. But what if, for lack of guidance, we take the wrong paths? Take… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Even now. Even when I feel like most of me is dead, life breaks through sometimes. Food tastes good. Or something Per… — 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
