What a man can take with a sword, a woman can give by her flesh alone. Life. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I thought we had lost you. I thought we'd done something worse than let you die.' His old arms were tight and… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
My blood will only buy you that fool's regard. I will pay a high price for you to be respected by a… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
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
When considering a man's motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
If a man does not die of a wound, then it heals in some fashion, and so it is with loss. From… — 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
It was hard to reconcile the drumbeats and lifted voices in the night with my memories of flames and the screams of… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence the the continuance of the necessary routines… — 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
Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says. — 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
A terrible premonition washed over me. This was how the whole world would end… They would devour the forest and excrete piles… — 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
