727 Quotes by Robin Hobb

We are here, Fitz, you and I, to change the future of the world. To reach out and hold in place the tiny pebble that could trigger the boulder’s tumbling.

Worrying doesn’t solve anything. I know that. In one way I know it but in another it seems wrong. It seems that if I don’t think about all the things that hurt, all the things I’ve done wrong, then I don’t really care.

Very little about being a writer is signing an autograph. It’s sitting in a room and writing. Getting it out.

Men it is who think they can rule others’ lives but have no bonds to them.

I’ll never miss a chance to remind you of what a brat you were. A gloriously beautiful and very spoiled brat. I was utterly charmed by your complete self-absorption. It was rather like courting a cat.

And he is a Farseer,” Dutiful suddenly interjected, startling both of us. “One whose vow to his family has already cost him many things. So, this time, as your prince, I command this, FitzChivalry Farseer. Keep your vow, to yourself. Be as true to your own heart as you were to Verity’s, and to King Shrewd’s before him. That is the command of your king.

Keeping a child from harm is not the same as rearing one.

If you can read, you can learn anything. If you’ve a will to.

People have to attempt to do right, even if they believe they cannot succeed.