Beatrice

“You’ll be branded a deserter.’ Fi shrugged. ‘Such is life, old friend. Branded one thing to the next until we are no more.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Reign of Mist

“Fools convince themselves their enemies are their true friends.”
― Jeff Wheeler, The King's Traitor

“I wanted to believe that in the end, the universe would take care of us, and we would end up exactly where we were meant to be.”
― Julianne MacLean, A Fire Sparkling

“Honor and courtesy and justice . . . they are not real, Fitz. We all pretend to them, and hold them up like shields. But they guard only against folk who carry the same shields. Against those who have discarded them, they are no shields at all, but only additional weapons to use against their victims.”
― Robin Hobb, Assassin's Quest