...sometimes it only makes one more lonely to know that somewhere else, one's friends and family are well.
Robin HobbI told you I set no limits on my love for you. I don't. Yet I have never expected you to offer me your body. It was the whole of your heart, all for myself, that I sought. Even though I've never had a right to it. For you gave it away ere ever you saw me.
Robin HobbYou seek a false comfort when you demand that I define myself for you with words. Words do not contain or define any person. A heart can, if it is willing.
Robin HobbI think that old magic draws much of its strength from that acknowledgment: that we are a part of that world.
Robin Hobb