Silence Quotes by Robin Hobb

9 Silence quotes by Robin Hobb

For readers who appreciate subtlety in fantasy, these nine passages showcase how the author lets the absence of sound speak louder than any battle cry.

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“It was better to leave the space empty of words than to choose the wrong ones.”

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“Silence keeps a secret. I understand.’ I”

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“She loved to talk. All I need do was provide the silence.”

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“My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak.”

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“Only my pain is more silent than my anger.”

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“Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.”

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Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one.

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“Silence asks the questions that are too awkward to phrase. It even asks the questions one does not know to ask.”

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Silent," the carved wizardwood on his wrist breathed. "Silent as a blinded ship, floating hull-up in the sea. Silent as a scream…

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“They spoke of a dream of a child who bore the heart of a wolf.”

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“We all perish in our last attempt to live.”

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“There is always power in holding a secret.”

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“... finally realizing that life was to be lived, rather than hoarded against an unseen tomorrow.”

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“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…

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“So, with all the wide world to choose from, you didn't choose at all. You simply stopped wandering one day”

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“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…

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