Golden Fool (Tawny Man, #2)

by Robin Hobb

burden shared not only can lighten it; it can form a bond between those who share it. So that no one is left to bear it alone.”

To recognize you are the source of your own loneliness is not a cure for it. But it is a step toward seeing that it is not inevitable, and that such a choice is not irrevocable.

Silence asks the questions that are too awkward to phrase. It even asks the questions one does not know to ask.