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

by Robin Hobb

Utter loneliness was planted in me then, and sent its deep roots down into me.

You’ve learned to guard your thoughts so well, you’re almost afraid to let yourself know what they are.

Learning is never wrong. Even learning how to kill isn’t wrong. Or right. It’s just a thing to learn, a thing I can teach you.