Heather

“I considered Nighteyes’ old advice: when sleep is the only comfort you can take, take it. It will leave you better prepared for whatever might come next.”
― Robin Hobb, The Tawny Man Trilogy Books 2 & 3: The Golden Fool / Fool's Fate

“You should leave off sniffing the carcass of your old life, my brother. You may enjoy unending pain. I do not. There is no shame in walking away from bones, Changer. He finally swivelled his head to stare at me from his deep-set eyes. Nor is there any special wisdom in injuring oneself over and over. What is your loyalty to that pain? To abandon it will not lessen you.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand

“The heart will flee anywhere when it is seeking comfort. I knew that and kept a rein on mine.”
― Robin Hobb, The Tawny Man Trilogy Books 2 & 3: The Golden Fool / Fool's Fate

“like a butterfly of a dream, too fragile to recapture yet wondrous in its flight.”
― Robin Hobb, Fool's Errand