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

by Robin Hobb

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.

I have since come to know that many men always see another’s good fortune as a slight to themselves.

“When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities.

Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But we grieve for many years.