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Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2) QUOTES

1 " He felt her dim groping towards him, a plea for companionship and comfort. He didn’t want to give it. But he had never been a hard-hearted man. When she invaded his mind, pleading, he had to reach back. ‘You are stronger than you know,’ he told her. ‘Keep moving. Follow the other ones, my copper beauty. Soon there will be better days for you, but for now you must be strong. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

2 " I sometimes think that age is based more on what you’ve done and what you remember than how old you are. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

3 " [...] and again, they were opposite of each other in every way, and each way was wonderful. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

4 " He said nothing to any of them, and they knew better than to speak to the captain when he stood thus, deep in thought. He had a problem. He'd settle it without help from any of them. That was what captains did. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

5 " No. Not tonight. Not by impulse, not without thought, No. It did not matter what others did. She had to think for herself about such things. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

6 " No hardship endured is a loss. Someone will learn from it. Someone profits from it. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

7 " A bad end is just a new beginning "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

8 " Humans lived and died in a ridiculously short amount of time. Perhaps that was why they made so much noise when they were alive. Perhaps it was the only way they could convince one another of their significance. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

9 " It all seems pretty obvious now."
"It usually is, after someone else thinks of it. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

10 " Idle hands on a boat made for troubles all around. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

11 " He wished his own respect for her was enough to make her see her own worth, and he recognized the selfishness of that wish. He could not be her entire world "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

12 " for so long I’d been told what the rules were that I couldn’t see they were just rules made by men. And if men can make rules, then other men can change them. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

13 " The whole of everything I want in this world is right here, under my hand. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

14 " He’d known of love and accepted that it existed for him. But never before had he actually felt love as a physical sensation that emanated from another creature and warmed and comforted him. It was incredible. "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)

15 " She did not understand why humans longed for so much intense contact. Were their own thoughts never sufficient for them? Why did they look for others to fulfill their needs instead of simply taking care of themselves? "

― Robin Hobb , Dragon Haven (Rain Wild Chronicles, #2)