Ship of Magic (Liveship Traders, #1)

by Robin Hobb

“Wintrow,” he chided softly. “Refuse the anxiety. When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgment.”

“But if I fret about it, I shall have prejudged myself to failure.”