Abby

“Will you be all right?" she asked me. It was not an empty question; she genuinely listened for my reply.
"In time," I told her, and for the first time, I admitted that was true. As disloyal as the thought felt, I knew that as time passed, I would be myself again. And in that moment, I felt for the first time the sensation that Black Rolf had tried to describe to me. The wolfish part of my soul stirred, and, Yes, you will be yourself again, and that is as it should be, I heard near as clearly as if Nighteyes had truly shared the thought with me.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

“Maybe you have to keep your pain and loss to know that you can survive whatever life deals you. Perhaps without putting your pain in its place in your life, you became something of a coward.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“Seldom can one hate a person if one understand that person.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Fate

“In the expression of grief lies recovery from grief itself.”
― Christopher Priest, The Prestige