727 Quotes by Robin Hobb



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    My dragons!' she insisted.'She has finally found a flock to join,' he observed to me. 'Her own kind always pecked her. But the dragons have taken her in.'...'If a flock of crows is a murder, what should we call a group of dragons?' ... 'A catastrophe of dragons.

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    His lessons cautioned me that great events often hinged on small ones. (Bee talking about the Fool)

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    Cruelty is a skill taught not only by example, but also by experience of it.

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    Chade, I know the Fool is strange. But I like it when he comes to talk to me. He speaks in riddles, and he insults me, and makes fun of me, and gives himself leave to tell me things he thinks I should do, like wash my hair, or not wear yellow. But (...) I like him. He mocks me, but from him, it seems a kindness. He makes me feel, well, important. That he could choose me to talk to.

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    Because your heart will be hammered against him, and your strength will be tempered in his fire.

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