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“The task must be made difficult, for only the difficult inspires the noble-hearted.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Adversity draws men together and produces beauty and harmony in life's relationships, just as the cold of winter produces ice-flowers on the window-panes, which vanish with the warmth.”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“Therefore do not deceive yourself! Of all deceivers fear most yourself!”
― Søren Kierkegaard

“There is no sound more annoying than the chatter of a child, and none more sad than the silence they leave when they are gone.”
― Mark Lawrence, King of Thorns

“Sorrow and loss never die. We can put them away in a chest and lock it tight, but whenever it is opened, even a crack, the aroma of lost sweetness will rise to fill our lungs to heaviness.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“Upon him I will visit famine and a fire. Till all around him desolation rings And all the demons in the outer dark Look on amazed and recognize That vengeance is the business of a man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Name of the Wind

“Remember: there are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Most secrets are secrets of the mouth. Gossip shared and small scandals whispered. These secrets long to be let loose upon the world. A secret of the mouth is like a stone in your boot. At first you’re barely aware of it. Then it grows irritating, then intolerable. Secrets of the mouth grow larger the longer you keep them, swelling until they press against your lips. They fight to be let free.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Secrets of the heart are different. They are private and painful, and we want nothing more than to hide them from the world. They do not swell and press against the mouth. They live in the heart, and the longer they are kept, the heavier they become. Teccam claims it is better to have a mouthful of poison than a secret of the heart. Any fool will spit out poison, he says, but we hoard these painful treasures. We swallow hard against them every day, forcing them deep inside us. There they sit, growing heavier, festering. Given enough time, they cannot help but crush the heart that holds them.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“nothing in the world is harder than convincing someone of an unfamiliar truth.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I do not love words for the sake of words. I love words for what they can accomplish. Similarly, I am no arithmetician. Numbers that speak only of numbers are of little interest to me.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“I do not have much in me that might encourage a woman to make long habit of my company.”
― Patrick Rothfuss, The Wise Man's Fear

“Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But we grieve for many years.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice / Royal Assassin

“One does not have to be Witted to know the companionship of a beast, and to know that the friendship of an animal is every bit as rich and complicated as that of a man or woman.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“I supposed there was something about me that made all elderly folk assume my time was at their disposal.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest

“There is monstrous vanity in the pride we take in our children,”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

“One man armed with the right word may do what an army of swordsmen cannot.”
― Robin Hobb, The Golden Fool

“A wise old man taught me that diplomacy is the velvet glove that cloaks the fist of power. Persuasion, not force, works best and lasts longest. Make this alliance in the dukes’ best interest and they will be eager to welcome and honor the Narcheska when she arrives.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“When one has been disappointed for so long, hope becomes the enemy. One cannot be dashed to the earth unless one is lifted first, and I learned to avoid hope.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin

“more to curry favor than to educate.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Assassin

“When a man’s pride is all he has left, he holds it closely.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“There is no path to the future, Fitz. The path is now. Now is all there is, or ever will be. You can change perhaps the next ten breaths in your life. But after that, random chance seizes you in its jaws again. A tree falls on you, a spider bites your ankle, and all your grand plans for winning a battle are for naught. Now is what we have, Fitz, and now is where we act to stay alive.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Quest

“I feel you are woven of the same strand as I, that we are but extensions of a segmented life, and that together we complete one another. I feel a joy in your presence, because I feel my own life wax greater when we are close to one another.”
― Robin Hobb, Ship of Magic

“Few things appeal so much to the heart of a man as a fresh start.”
― Robin Hobb, Mad Ship

“Long or short, if you worry about every step of a journey, you will divide it endlessly into pieces, any one of which may defeat you. Look only to the end.”
― Robin Hobb, The Complete Liveship Traders Trilogy: Ship of Magic, The Mad Ship, Ship of Destiny

“Humanity has become a lonely race, and dangerously arrogant in our solitude.”
― Robin Hobb, Ship of Destiny

“She was a woman of deep conviction, unfathomable passion, and unbreakable courage.”
― Brian D. Anderson, Journey of Fate

“The lowly squabble over trifles. The great wage secret wars for power and wealth, and they call it government. Wars of words, and tricks, and guile, but no less bloody for that.”
― Joe Abercrombie, The Blade Itself

“To the starving man, bread is beautiful. To the homeless man, a roof is beautiful. To the drunkard, wine is beautiful. Only those who want for nothing else need find beauty in a lump of rock.”
― Joe Abercrombie, Best Served Cold