“ 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
“ 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
“ I thought we had lost you. I thought we'd done something worse than let you die.' His old arms were tight and strong about me. I was kind to the old man. I did not tell him they had. Robin Hobb
“ Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies. Robin Hobb
“ It doesn't have to be that bad,' Chade said quietly. 'Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too. Robin Hobb
“ Suddenly, everything was easy and clear. I simply did whatever Chade told me to do, and trusted to him to have it turn out right. My spirit rode high on the crest of that wave of faith, and sometime d… Robin Hobb
“ You will live to love again. You know you have lost your springtime girl, your Molly on the beach with the wind in her brown hair and red cloak. You have been gone too long from her, and too much has… Robin Hobb
“ And not only the world but humanity itself does need dragons And why is that? Chade demanded disdainfully. To keep the balance, the Fool replied. He glanced over me, and then past me, out of the windo… Robin Hobb
“ I'd rather I was a stray pup,' I made bold to say. And then all my fears broke my voice as I added, You wouldn't let them do this to a stray pup, changing everything all at once. When they gave the bl… Robin Hobb
