Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death. Because ultimately, death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice. Death is what you get when there are no choices left to make.
Robin HobbEverybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you engage that, you engage the reader, and I think you create a character that brings the reader more fully into the story.
Robin HobbHow do you politely explain to someone that you had believed for years he was a moron as well as a Fool?
Robin HobbThe fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says.
Robin Hobb