“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
...To free humanity of time. For time is the great enslaver of us all. Time that ages us, time that limits us.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
There is a dead spot in the night, that coldest, blackest time when the world has forgotten evening and dawn is not… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
I believed that by fixing it down in words, I could force sense from all that had happened, that effect would follow… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“At the moment of deciding not to argue further, he had given up all emotional investment in the situation. He had withdrawn… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“All events, no matter how earth-shaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence by the continuance of the necessary routines… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“There is a peculiar strength that comes to one who is facing the final battle. That battle is not limited to war,… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Do you do this because you live such short lives? Tell yourselves wild tales of what might happen tomorrow, and feel all… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“A moment of panic washed over her. There was so little time, it might even now be too late to shape them.… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
“There are endings. There are beginnings. Sometimes they coincide, with the ending of one thing marking the beginning of another. But sometimes… — 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