Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice Quotes

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

One had a knife. But I had a staff and was trained to use it.

Men cannot grieve as dogs do. But they grieve for many years.

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.

But in my heart, when I said “my king, ” I meant Verity.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead.