Robin Hobb quotes - page 3

Sometimes 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 Hobb)
Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too. View quote
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Not being able to think of a reply is not the same thing as accepting another's words. View quote
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The fight isn't over until you win it, Fitz. That's all you have to remember. No matter what the other man says. View quote
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I thought we had lost you. I thought we'd done something worse than let you die.' His old arms were tight and strong about me. I was kind to the old man. I did not tell him they had. View quote
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It's all connected. When you save any part of the world, you've saved the whole world. In fact, that's the only way it can be done. View quote
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It doesn't have to be that bad,' Chade said quietly. 'Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too. View quote
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Justice. There's a thing we shall ever thirst after, and ever be parched. No. We content ourselves with law. View quote
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Time is an unkind teacher, delivering lessons that we learn far too late for them to be useful. Years after I could have benefited from them, the insights come to me. View quote
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When you fear to fail, you fear something that has not happened yet. You predict your own failure, and by inaction, lock yourself into it. View quote
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His absence seemed a solid thing, a burden I must carry in addition to my grief... Yet I knew I would continue to live. Sometimes that knowledge seemed the worst part of my loss. (Robin Hobb)
We are the sum of all we have done added to the sum of all that has been done to us. View quote
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The past is no further away than the last breath you took. View quote
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Sorrow and loss never die. We can put them away in a chest and lock it tight, but whenever it is opened, even a crack, the aroma of lost sweetness will rise to fill our lungs to heaviness. View quote
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Come, hunt with me, the invitation whispers in my heart. Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own. Wolves have no kings. View quote
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When people look most vicious, what you are seeing is not their animal side. It is the savagery that only humans can muster. View quote
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People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you. View quote
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I will always take your part, Bee. Right or wrong. That is why you must always take care to be right, lest you make your father a fool. View quote
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To recognize you are the source of your own loneliness is not a cure for it. But it is a step toward seeing that it is not inevitable, and that such a choice is not irrevocable. View quote
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One does not need the size of a dragon to have the soul of a dragon. View quote
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Every small, unselfish action nudges the world into a better path. An accumulation of small acts can change the world. (Robin Hobb)
I lived my grief; I slept mourning and ate sorrow and drank tears. I ignored all else. View quote
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All of life, I wanted to tell him, is in our minds. Where else does it take place, where else do we add up what it means to us and subtract what we have lost? An event is just an event until some person attaches meaning to it. View quote
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My silences he mistook for a lack of wit rather than a lack of any need to speak. View quote
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Utter loneliness was planted in me then, and sent its deep roots down into me. View quote
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