“ Isn't it strange how wise counsel can cool the hottest head? He made sense but my heart screamed protest. Robin Hobb
“ Gankis lifted an arm to point at the distant shale cliffs. And in the face of it there were thousands of little holes, little what-you-call-'ems...Alcoves, Kennit supplied in an almost dreamy voice. I… Robin Hobb
“ What is a secret? It is much more than knowledge shared with only a few, or perhaps only one another. It is power. It is a bond. It is a sign of deep trust, or the darkest threat possible. There is po… Robin Hobb
“ The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure… Robin Hobb
“ There are endings. There are beginnings. Sometimes they coincide, with the ending of one thing marking the beginning of another. But sometimes there is simply a long space after an ending, a time when… Robin Hobb
“ That part of your life is over. Set it aside as something you have finished. Complete or no, it is done with you. No being gets to decide what his life is supposed to be...'Be a man. Discover where yo… Robin Hobb
“ If one bad thing befell me, I immediately linked it to every bad thing that had happened in the last week or might happen in the coming week. And when I became sad, I was prone to wallow in grief, pil… Robin Hobb
“ Wide gape the gates of yellowed bone. A tongue of plank is our path between the teeth as we walk toward the gullet. Here I will be devoured. This is a true thing, near unavoidable on any path. I must… Robin Hobb
“ He longed for cleanliness and tidiness: it was hard to find peace in the middle of disorder. Robin Hobb
“ There's something stalking us. Off to the side of the road, moving through the forest.'Kettricken smiled. Robin Hobb
“ Like a flower pressed flat and dried, we try to hold it still and say, this is exactly how it was the day I first saw it. But like the flower, the past cannot be trapped that way. It loses its fragran… Robin Hobb
“ Somewhere in the back of my mind, Nighteyes was frantic. 'Poisoned. That water is poisoned.' I couldn't frame a thought to reassure him. Robin Hobb
“ You won't even see what is put right on the table before you. Men. If it was raining soup you'd be out there with a fork. Robin Hobb
“ Those were some astounding lies, cub. And the very last one the most inspired of all. You have your father's talent for it. Robin Hobb
“ His face was so ravaged, it was like looking at death itself. Except for the smooth, silvered part of it. By creeping degrees, his human hand lifted. He turned it over, showing a bloody palm. His crac… Robin Hobb
“ I was the Fool and the Fool was me. He was the Catalyst and so was I. We were two halves of a whole, sundered and come together again. For an instant I knew him in his entirety, complete and magical,… Robin Hobb
