“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
“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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
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