Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart?
Robin HobbThinking is not always...comforting. It is always good, but not always comforting. Royal Assassin
Robin HobbI wonder if I can write this history, or if on every page there will be some sneaking show of a bitterness I thought long dead. I think myself cured of all spite, but when I touch pen to paper, the hurt of a boy bleeds out with the sea-spawned ink, until I suspect each carefully formed black letter scabs over some ancient scarlet wound.
Robin HobbFor, "Yes," he had sighed on his dying breath, and all knew that was the ultimate prayer one could offer to life.
Robin Hobb