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Robin Hobb quotes: Looked a bit better, but her pain was still evident on her face. I watched Looked a bit better, but her pain was still evident on her face. I watched
Robin Hobb quotes: In your conceit and aggression, you wage wars and slay one another over the lines you have imagined on the world's face. In your conceit and aggression, you wage wars and slay one another over the lines you have imagined on the world's face.
Robin Hobb quotes: Die in your dreams, wake up insane. Die in your dreams, wake up insane.
Robin Hobb quotes: I sleep like an old woman now, she thought to herself. In fits and starts. It isn't sleeping and it isn't waking and it isn't rest. I sleep like an old woman now, she thought to herself. In fits and starts. It isn't sleeping and it isn't waking and it isn't rest.
Robin Hobb quotes: It is difficult to insult the man you don't speak to. It is difficult to insult the man you don't speak to.
Robin Hobb quotes: There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power. There would always be dishonorable things done to preserve the honor of any power.
Robin Hobb quotes: Dragons don't bother with introductions. Dragons don't bother with introductions.
Robin Hobb quotes: There is no such thing as an extraordinary coincidence. There is only destiny. There is no such thing as an extraordinary coincidence. There is only destiny.
Robin Hobb quotes: It was possible to be homesick for a time, and to be lonely for the only other person who could recall it. It was possible to be homesick for a time, and to be lonely for the only other person who could recall it.
Robin Hobb quotes: It is hard to write down a story that has no sequence or sense, let alone make a picture of what my dream showed me. It is hard to write down a story that has no sequence or sense, let alone make a picture of what my dream showed me.
Robin Hobb quotes: What does who call me when? What does who call me when?
Robin Hobb quotes: The world had to change and for some reason the prosperity of men always results in them taking ever more from wild creatures and places. The world had to change and for some reason the prosperity of men always results in them taking ever more from wild creatures and places.
Robin Hobb quotes: It is a heady thing to be suddenly proclaimed the center of someone's world, It is a heady thing to be suddenly proclaimed the center of someone's world,
Robin Hobb quotes: I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated. I do not know whom I wish to win; until I do, I will let no player be eliminated.
Robin Hobb quotes: I actually think that short stories transfer to film much better than novels do. I actually think that short stories transfer to film much better than novels do.
Robin Hobb quotes: A small pebble can turn a wheel out of its path, he told me, but warned me that it was seldom a pleasant experience for the pebble. A small pebble can turn a wheel out of its path, he told me, but warned me that it was seldom a pleasant experience for the pebble.
Robin Hobb quotes: Her anger was hard for me to bear, but weeping would have been worse."p. 513 Her anger was hard for me to bear, but weeping would have been worse."
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Robin Hobb quotes: My brother! Nighteyes greeted me joyously. My brother! Nighteyes greeted me joyously.
Robin Hobb quotes: Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself. Acceptance of what is. That is the shortest path to peace with yourself.
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? 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?
Robin Hobb quotes: I flew, I hunted, I killed. I am SINTARA! I flew, I hunted, I killed. I am SINTARA!
Robin Hobb quotes: Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind? Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind?
Robin Hobb quotes: Wait for you? Not likely. I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way. Wait for you? Not likely. I've always had to run ahead of you and show you the way.
Robin Hobb quotes: The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will
Robin Hobb quotes: She could be shaped by her past without being trapped by it"p. 283 She could be shaped by her past without being trapped by it"
p. 283
Robin Hobb quotes: He gave a final shake of his coat. I go to the hunt! He gave a final shake of his coat. I go to the hunt!
Robin Hobb quotes: Do not pull back from the pain and imagine that makes you strong. Look at it, you dolt! It is trying to tell you what is wrong so you can Do not pull back from the pain and imagine that makes you strong. Look at it, you dolt! It is trying to tell you what is wrong so you can fix it.
Robin Hobb quotes: Death does not conquer. It threatens, but it cannot subdue the future. What must be, will be. Death does not conquer. It threatens, but it cannot subdue the future. What must be, will be.
Robin Hobb quotes: I know you think me foolish, but then, I am the Fool. You know then I must be Foolish. I know you think me foolish, but then, I am the Fool. You know then I must be Foolish.
Robin Hobb quotes: Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out. Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It's sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.
Robin Hobb quotes: I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry. I was amazed at how strong women were when they were angry.
Robin Hobb quotes: That no man can truly imagine being happy and that's why happiness isn't for sale here. That no man can truly imagine being happy and that's why happiness isn't for sale here.
Robin Hobb quotes: And for that rush of fury? Time. Time passing with no one trying to hurt you or kill you will lessen that reaction. And for that rush of fury? Time. Time passing with no one trying to hurt you or kill you will lessen that reaction.
Robin Hobb quotes: It's a poor teacher who tries to instruct by blows and threats. It's a poor teacher who tries to instruct by blows and threats.
Robin Hobb quotes: A leaf turns in the wind, and you suddenly have a different perception of what colour it is. A leaf turns in the wind, and you suddenly have a different perception of what colour it is.
Robin Hobb quotes: So many things were easier to live with if you didn't give them much thought. p. 28 So many things were easier to live with if you didn't give them much thought.
p. 28
Robin Hobb quotes: There is always power in holding a secret. There is always power in holding a secret.
Robin Hobb quotes: If I gave Bee to Riddle and Nettle, I could undertake the Fool's vengeance. That traitorous thought made me want to vomit. If I gave Bee to Riddle and Nettle, I could undertake the Fool's vengeance. That traitorous thought made me want to vomit.
Robin Hobb quotes: Fitz, you are angry. I can feel it like storm waves lashing my shores. Fitz, you are angry. I can feel it like storm waves lashing my shores.
Robin Hobb quotes: And the world re-ordered itself around me. I spoke each word carefully. 'You are so stupid. And the world re-ordered itself around me. I spoke each word carefully. 'You are so stupid.
Robin Hobb quotes: Well. Who wouldn't break? I broke. You broke.''And we both emerged stronger.''We both emerged', I modified his words. Well. Who wouldn't break? I broke. You broke.'

'And we both emerged stronger.'

'We both emerged', I modified his words.
Robin Hobb quotes: baffled at how he had released her. baffled at how he had released her.
Robin Hobb quotes: Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more. Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more.
Robin Hobb quotes: Cats themselves may be very chatty, but they seem to resent it in anyone else. Cats like listeners. Cats themselves may be very chatty, but they seem to resent it in anyone else. Cats like listeners.
Robin Hobb quotes: The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement.
Robin Hobb quotes: You are confusing plumbing and love again. You are confusing plumbing and love again.
Robin Hobb quotes: But a living is not a life. But a living is not a life.
Robin Hobb quotes: Fish? No fish. Sorry. "Sorry" is not fish. What good is "sorry"? Fish?
No fish. Sorry.
"Sorry" is not fish. What good is "sorry"?
Robin Hobb quotes: Open your eyes. This horrible mess is your life. There is no sense in waiting for it to get better. Stop putting it off and live it. Open your eyes. This horrible mess is your life. There is no sense in waiting for it to get better. Stop putting it off and live it.
Robin Hobb quotes: For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong. For the weakest has but to try his strength to find it, and then he shall be strong.
Robin Hobb quotes: Amber?" he said pleadingly. His voice went high on her name and broke, as it sometimes did when he was afraid. "Are you taking my beads away? Amber?" he said pleadingly. His voice went high on her name and broke, as it sometimes did when he was afraid. "Are you taking my beads away?
Robin Hobb quotes: It was, after all, a time for heroes and all sorts of marvelous things to occur. It was, after all, a time for heroes and all sorts of marvelous things to occur.
Robin Hobb quotes: Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it. Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it.
Robin Hobb quotes: When you see me loyal to my family, then you see the wolf. When you see me loyal to my family, then you see the wolf.
Robin Hobb quotes: How much do you understand?' I demanded of her one afternoon. She cocked her head at me, met my gaze and demanded, 'How much do YOU understand? How much do you understand?' I demanded of her one afternoon. She cocked her head at me, met my gaze and demanded, 'How much do YOU understand?
Robin Hobb quotes: Better to regret unsaid words than repent of words I could never call back. Who Better to regret unsaid words than repent of words I could never call back. Who
Robin Hobb quotes: We were one thing. Whole. We were one thing. Whole.
Robin Hobb quotes: It is an odd language, yours. You speak of passing time as in the Mountains we speak of passing wind. As if it were a thing to be gotten rid It is an odd language, yours. You speak of passing time as in the Mountains we speak of passing wind. As if it were a thing to be gotten rid of.
Robin Hobb quotes: The greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of. The greatest danger is always the one we are ignorant of.
Robin Hobb quotes: Sometimes," he observed obliquely, "you have to trust people to understand you are not perfect."""p. 267: Chade to Fitz Sometimes," he observed obliquely, "you have to trust people to understand you are not perfect.""

"p. 267: Chade to Fitz
Robin Hobb quotes: One man armed with the right word may do what an army of swordsmen cannot. One man armed with the right word may do what an army of swordsmen cannot.
Robin Hobb quotes: THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world. THE HEIR OF NIGHT by Helen Lowe is a richly told tale of strange magic, dark treachery and conflicting loyalties, set in a well realized world.
Robin Hobb quotes: Town too late for Springfest. There'd Town too late for Springfest. There'd
Robin Hobb quotes: You imagine the worst, and when you do, your mind stops at the problem and does not consider the solution. You imagine the worst, and when you do, your mind stops at the problem and does not consider the solution.
Robin Hobb quotes: When settled people look for security, they look for continuity." Here When settled people look for security, they look for continuity." Here
Robin Hobb quotes: She held his hand and did not look down nor back. She held his hand and did not look down nor back.
Robin Hobb quotes: Oh, and you accuse me of flattery! Here I waddle about like a fat old duck and you try to tell me I'm lovely. Oh, and you accuse me of flattery! Here I waddle about like a fat old duck and you try to tell me I'm lovely.
Robin Hobb quotes: Passed through fire and plunged through salt water and offered to the winds of the air; thus were names sealed to these chosen children. Passed through fire and plunged through salt water and offered to the winds of the air; thus were names sealed to these chosen children.
Robin Hobb quotes: The ship's knowledge extended to navigation, to the handling of weather and awareness of necessary maintenance. The ship's knowledge extended to navigation, to the handling of weather and awareness of necessary maintenance.
Robin Hobb quotes: A fierce resolve that we would not lose what we had now to what we could not have tomorrow. A fierce resolve that we would not lose what we had now to what we could not have tomorrow.
Robin Hobb quotes: To every creature is given both a place and a time, and when that time is over, we have to let them go. To every creature is given both a place and a time, and when that time is over, we have to let them go.
Robin Hobb quotes: Young as I was, I still wondered what kind of man this was who, with one leg bandaged, could quell a room full of rough men with a look or Young as I was, I still wondered what kind of man this was who, with one leg bandaged, could quell a room full of rough men with a look or a word.
Robin Hobb quotes: We are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us. We are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us.
Robin Hobb quotes: When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead. When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.
Robin Hobb quotes: Time is an unkind teacher, delivering lessons that we learn far too late for them to be useful. Time is an unkind teacher, delivering lessons that we learn far too late for them to be useful.
Robin Hobb quotes: Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure. Nothing takes the heart out of a man more than the expectation of failure.
Robin Hobb quotes: Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world. Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world.
Robin Hobb quotes: Those were some astounding lies, cub. And the very last one the most inspired of all. You have your father's talent for it. 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 quotes: It is the nature of human that we tend to pass our pain along. As if we could get rid of it by inflicting an equal hurt on someone else. It is the nature of human that we tend to pass our pain along. As if we could get rid of it by inflicting an equal hurt on someone else.
Robin Hobb quotes: I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy. I think that my passion for writing fantasy began at about the same time as my passion for reading fantasy.
Robin Hobb quotes: There are moments that change the course of one's lifetime, and often we don't realize how significant those initial may be until years pass. There are moments that change the course of one's lifetime, and often we don't realize how significant those initial may be until years pass.
Robin Hobb quotes: I told you it was foolish. But feelings do not have to be wise. Feelings just are. I told you it was foolish. But feelings do not have to be wise. Feelings just are.
Robin Hobb quotes: I had moved on to another life. I could not expect the old one to be held ajar for me forever. I had moved on to another life. I could not expect the old one to be held ajar for me forever.
Robin Hobb quotes: I think it was always okay to be a geek. I think it was always okay to be a geek.
Robin Hobb quotes: Some things may be learned from words on a page, but some skills are learned first by a man's hands and heart, and later by his head. Some things may be learned from words on a page, but some skills are learned first by a man's hands and heart, and later by his head.
Robin Hobb quotes: Cats talk to whomever they please. Cats talk to whomever they please.
Robin Hobb quotes: My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak. My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak.
Robin Hobb quotes: The loneliness that can never be filled by anyone except the one whose loss created the absence; The loneliness that can never be filled by anyone except the one whose loss created the absence;
Robin Hobb quotes: Death could make things stop, but it could not make things right. Death could make things stop, but it could not make things right.
Robin Hobb quotes: The sheer improbability of your existence took my breath away. The sheer improbability of your existence took my breath away.
Robin Hobb quotes: Love can exist without need Love can exist without need
Robin Hobb quotes: There is a saying from the Southlands that there is truth in wine. There must be a bit of it in ale, also. There is a saying from the Southlands that there is truth in wine. There must be a bit of it in ale, also.
Robin Hobb quotes: A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest. A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest.
Robin Hobb quotes: He lives day-to-day now, just as we do, fumbling forward down the path to the future. He lives day-to-day now, just as we do, fumbling forward down the path to the future.
Robin Hobb quotes: Cats do not enjoy being reminded of debts.Cats don not incur in debts. Cats do not enjoy being reminded of debts.
Cats don not incur in debts.
Robin Hobb quotes: Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable. Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable.
Robin Hobb quotes: Take all self-determination from a man's life, and all that is left for him to do is complain. Take all self-determination from a man's life, and all that is left for him to do is complain.
Robin Hobb quotes: Oh, the power that lurks in the naming of names. Oh, the power that lurks in the naming of names.
Robin Hobb quotes: In politics, appearance matters more than truth. In politics, appearance matters more than truth.
Robin Hobb quotes: Opinions may have truth in them but that truth must be free of opinions. Opinions may have truth in them but that truth must be free of opinions.

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