Robin Hobb Quotes

Diplomacy may very well be the art of manipulating secrets. What would any negotiation come to, were not there secrets to either share or withhold?

Dragon droppings? Per asked in awe, as if that were the most fantastic part of their tale.

E tudo porque eu fora demasiado tolo para ver que aquele que caminha sem saber por entre os segredos de um homem pode mesmo assim ter outros segredos seus.

Explanations had seldom worked between us. Trust had.

Fault and guilt are as useless as apology once the deed is done. Once the action has been taken, all must endure what follows.

Few things have such sharp edges as the careless words of a boy.

For there is a very strange peace in giving over your judgment to someone else, to saying to them, You lead and I will follow, and I will trust entirely that you will not lead me to death or harm.

Half the evil in this world occurs while decent people stand by and do nothing wrong. It’s not enough to refrain from evil, Trell. People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot...

Having something explained to you does not always solve it.

He spoke solemnly. This is our last hunt, old wolf. And as we always have, we go to it together.

Housework was comforting. In cleaning and restoring a room, one could assert control. One could even pretend, briefly, that life could be tidied the same way.

How can I know what I’ll do, until I’ve done it? How can I say?

I became a slightly daft traveler, obsessed with beekeeping and professing to know all there was to know on the topic. I started arguments so others would correct me and speak of beekeepers they had k...

I don’t need to be a hero, Fool. I’d settle for feeling that what I did every day had significance to someone besides myself.p. 144 Fitz to the Fool

I think there is in the heart of a man a place made for wonder. It sleeps inside, awaiting fulfillment. All one’s life, one gathers treasures to fill it. Sometimes they are tiny glistening jewels: a f...

I will always take your part, Bee. Right or wrong. That is why you must always take care to be right,

If I gave Bee to Riddle and Nettle, I could undertake the Fool’s vengeance. That traitorous thought made me want to vomit.

If a man hits you once, he’ll hit you again, they say. And the same is true for lying. But I stayed, and I listened and I believed. What a fool I’ve been!

If it was raining soup, you’d be out there with a fork.

In politics, appearance matters more than truth.