Robin Hobb Quote
Why’re you like that? the boy persisted.Like what? Paragon finally asked in annoyance.Ya’know. Allus mad. Or crazy fightin’ Say’n stuff ta be mean.How else do you expect me to be? Paragon retorted. Joyous that they’ve dragged me out here? All excited to go off on a hare-brained rescue mission with them?He felt the boy’s shrug. Ya could be.I could be? Paragon snorted. I’d like to know how.S’easy. Ya decide t’be.You decide to be happy? I should just forget everything that has been done to me, and be happy? Tra-la-la-la? Like that.Ya could. He heard the boy’s nails against his scalp. Lookit me. I coulda hated everyone o’ ‘em. I decided t’be happy. Decided ta take what I could get. Make a life outer it. A pause. S’not like I’m gonna get another life. Gotta make this’n work.It’s not that simple, Paragon snapped.Could be, Cliff insisted. In’t no harder than decidin’t’be mad allus.The boy sauntered away slowly. His bare feet scuffed lightly on the deck. But it’s a lot funner, he called back over his shoulder.p. 406: Clef to Paragon
Why’re you like that? the boy persisted.Like what? Paragon finally asked in annoyance.Ya’know. Allus mad. Or crazy fightin’ Say’n stuff ta be mean.How else do you expect me to be? Paragon retorted. Joyous that they’ve dragged me out here? All excited to go off on a hare-brained rescue mission with them?He felt the boy’s shrug. Ya could be.I could be? Paragon snorted. I’d like to know how.S’easy. Ya decide t’be.You decide to be happy? I should just forget everything that has been done to me, and be happy? Tra-la-la-la? Like that.Ya could. He heard the boy’s nails against his scalp. Lookit me. I coulda hated everyone o’ ‘em. I decided t’be happy. Decided ta take what I could get. Make a life outer it. A pause. S’not like I’m gonna get another life. Gotta make this’n work.It’s not that simple, Paragon snapped.Could be, Cliff insisted. In’t no harder than decidin’t’be mad allus.The boy sauntered away slowly. His bare feet scuffed lightly on the deck. But it’s a lot funner, he called back over his shoulder.p. 406: Clef to Paragon
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About Robin Hobb
Born in California, Lindholm grew up in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest and married a mariner at age 18. The Alaskan wilderness and the ocean were prominent aspects of her life, influencing her writing. After an early career in short fiction, at age 30, Lindholm published her first novel while working as a waitress and raising children. The first work to bring her recognition was the 1986 novel Wizard of the Pigeons, a liminal fantasy set in Seattle. A forerunner of the urban fantasy genre, it received praise for Lindholm's depiction of understated magic and poverty. Her science fiction novella "A Touch of Lavender" was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards. While critically well received, Lindholm's work did not sell well; she began writing under the pen name Robin Hobb in 1995.
Hobb achieved commercial success with her debut work under this pseudonym, the Farseer trilogy. An epic fantasy told as a first-person retrospective, it has been described as a character-driven and introspective work. Hobb went on to write four further series set in the Realm of the Elderlings, which received praise from critics for her characterization, and in 2005 The Times described her as "one of the great modern fantasy writers". Through her writing, Hobb explores otherness, ecocentrism, queerness, and gender as themes. She concluded the Elderlings series in 2017 and won the World Fantasy Award—Life Achievement in 2021.