Quotes By Author: Robin Hobb
“Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind?”
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“The knowledge that he had left me with no intent ever to return had come over me in tiny droplets of realization spread over the years. And each droplet of comprehension brought its own small measure of hurt…He had wished me well in finding my own fate to follow, and I never doubted his sincerity. But it had taken me years to accept that his absence in my life was a deliberate finality, an act he had chosen, a thing completed even as some part of my soul still dangled, waiting for his return.”
“That no man can truly imagine being happy and that’s why happiness isn’t for sale here.”
“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.”
“Stop longing. You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow.”
“Everyone 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.”