Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, #1)

by Robin Hobb

Is it the nature of the world that all things seek a rhythm, and in that rhythm a sort of peace? Certainly it has always seemed so to me. All events, no matter how earthshaking or bizarre, are diluted within moments of their occurrence by the continuance of the necessary routines of day-to-day living.

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.

“I’m a fool, not a dolt,” said the Fool,

I had believed so strongly in his invulnerability and superiority that this evidence of his mere humanity left me feeling foolish.