Fool's Errand (Tawny Man, #1)

by Robin Hobb

Is time the wheel that turns, or the track it leaves behind?

“What’s her name?” “Malta. I named her myself.

“Death is always less painful and easier than life! You speak true. And yet we do not, day to day, choose death. Because ultimately, death is not the opposite of life, but the opposite of choice. Death is what you get when there are no choices left to make. Am I right?”

I had the nagging sense that something had been left unspoken between us, something important. Well. There would be a better time later.

I’m so concerned