Assassin's Quest (The Farseer Trilogy, #3)

by Robin Hobb

Can’t you see there’s more to being alive than giving it all up for someone else?”

I wondered if there was any way to live amongst other people and refuse to be harnessed by their expectations and dependencies.

reminding us that even the greatest walls must, in time, yield to the overclimbing ivy.

I have been hiding in the future and wasting my days.”

I healed. Not completely. A scar is never the same as good flesh, but it stops the bleeding.