“My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“It was better to leave the space empty of words than to choose the wrong ones.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one. — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Silence asks the questions that are too awkward to phrase. It even asks the questions one does not know to ask.” — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“Stop your whining. If you are frightened, be silent. Whining is for prey. It attracts predators. And you are not prey.” — 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
