Diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Robin Hobb More Quotes by Robin Hobb More Quotes From Robin Hobb Boredom is vastly underrated. Boredom means that nothing is trying to kill you every day. Robin Hobb boredom trying mean Leave the pain behind and let your life be your own again. There is a place where all time is now, and the choices are simple and always your own. Wolves have no kings Robin Hobb pain simple kings Anticipating pain was like enduring it twice. Why not anticipate pleasure instead? Robin Hobb why-not anticipation pain In that last dance of chances I shall partner you no more. I shall watch another turn you As you move across the floor. In that last dance of chances When I bid your life goodbye I will hope she treats you kindly. I will hope you learn to fly. In that last dance of chances When I know you'll not be mine I will let you go with longing And the hope that you'll be fine. In that last dance of chances We shall know each other's minds. We shall part with our regrets When the tie no longer binds. Robin Hobb regret goodbye moving Tomorrow owes you the sum of your yesterdays. No more than that. And no less. Robin Hobb tomorrow yesterday When we come back to fantasy, I think we're actually coming back to the real bedrock of storytelling. Our national or international genre really is fantasy, if you think about the worldwide myths and legends and stories that we all know, whether we're talking about Little Red Riding Hood or the Arabian Nights or Noah's Ark or Hercules. These are stories that cross many cultures in much the same way that dragons cross many cultures. Robin Hobb real night thinking Stop longing.You poison today’s ease, reaching always for tomorrow. Robin Hobb poison ease today I told you I set no limits on my love for you. I don't. Yet I have never expected you to offer me your body. It was the whole of your heart, all for myself, that I sought. Even though I've never had a right to it. For you gave it away ere ever you saw me. Robin Hobb my-love-for-you body heart Everyone thinks that courage is about facing death without flinching. But almost anyone can do that. Almost anyone can hold their breath and not scream for as long as it takes to die. True courage is about facing life without flinching. I don't mean the times when the right path is hard, but glorious at the end. I'm talking about enduring the boredom, the messiness, and the inconvenience of doing what is right. ~Amber Robin Hobb talking mean thinking Cats talk to whomever they please. Robin Hobb please cat There is little in life so reassuring as a genuine welcome. Robin Hobb reassuring welcome littles Stop thinking of what you intend to do. Stop thinking of what you have just done. Then, stop thinking that you have stopped thinking of those things. Then you will find the Now, the time that stretches eternal, and is really the only time there is. Robin Hobb eternal done thinking Perhaps having the courage to find a better path is having the courage to risk making new mistakes. Robin Hobb risk path mistake Look forward, not back. Correct your course and go on. You cannot undo yesterday's journey. Robin Hobb journey goes-on yesterday Do you not see how strange and wonderful that is? That all history balances on an affair of the human heart? Robin Hobb balance strange heart Silence can ask all the questions, where the tongue is prone to ask only the wrong one. Robin Hobb tongue asks silence When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead. Robin Hobb pieces cutting truth Home is people. Not a place. If you go back there after the people are gone, then all you can see is what is not there any more. Robin Hobb family home inspirational The man who must brag for himself knows that no one else will Robin Hobb human-nature self men How different would our perception of reality be if... we discarded the mundane events that cannot coexist with our dreams? Robin Hobb perception dream reality
