Ah, Beloved. Of all the things I must bid farewell to, you are the most difficult to lose. Forgive me that I have avoided you. Better, perhaps, that we make a space between us and become accustomed to it before fate forces that upon us.
Robin HobbWhat good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? - Fool
Robin HobbSometimes it seemed to me a cruelty that so much was unresolved between us; at other times, a blessing that a hope of reunion lingered.
Robin HobbOne can only walk so far from one's true self before the bond either snaps, or pulls one back.
Robin Hobb