Silent," the carved wizardwood on his wrist breathed. "Silent as a blinded ship, floating hull-up in the sea. Silent as a scream underwater.
Robin HobbWhat good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? - Fool
Robin HobbIn real life, things don't all end at the nice same place. To keep the story real, there has to be kind of a ragged edge at the end of a novel.
Robin HobbSomeday is someday, and maybe it will be or maybe it won't. This is a human thing, to worry about things that may or may not come to be. You can't eat meat until you've killed it.
Robin HobbBoredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day.
Robin HobbEveryone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right. ~Amber
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