Fool's Quest (The Fitz and the Fool, #2)

by Robin Hobb

“Sometimes thanking someone is more important to the person giving the thanks than the one who receives it.”

The world had to change and for some reason the prosperity of men always results in them taking ever more from wild creatures and places.

I found myself speaking softly as if I were telling an old tale to a young child. And giving it a happy ending, when all know that tales never end, and the happy ending is but a moment to catch one’s breath before the next disaster.

“Everything she sang was true. I will leave it to you as to whether the truth can exist with details omitted, or if those lacks make a lie of it.”

But all fires, of wood or grief, burn down to ashes eventually.

“Doing something stupid and reckless is not a better proof of your love than doing something measured and powerful.

One can swiftly understand that for most moments of our lives, we have forgotten almost all of the world around us, except for what currently claims our interest.

I was following an axiom of Chade’s. Always behave as if you are the person you wish to be perceived as.

If you save a colt’s life because you intend later to ride it into battle, it tinges the act with a high degree of selfishness.”