Robin Hobb Quotes about Children

All Robin Hobb Quotes Character Children quotes Choices Dying Fighting Heart Pain Past Waiting Winning Writing

Remember with your heart. Go back, go back and go back. The skies of this world were always meant to have dragons. When they are not here, humans miss them. Some never think of them, of course. But some children, from

Remember with your heart. Go back, go back and go back. The skies of this world were always meant to have dragons. When they are not here, humans miss them. Some never think of them, of course. But some children, from the time they are small, they look up at the blue summer sky and watch for something that never comes. Because they know. Something that was supposed to be there faded and vanished. Something that we must bring back, you and I.

Robin Hobb

Summer, Children, Heart

Not all men are destined for greatness," I reminded him. "Are you sure, Fitz? Are you sure? What good is a life lived as if it made no difference at all to the great life of the world? A sadder thing I cannot imagine. Why should not a mother say to herself, if I raise this child aright, if I love and care for her, she shall live a life that brings joy to those about her, and thus I have changed the world? Why should not the farmer that plants a seed say to his neighbor, this seed I plant today will feed someone, and that is how I changed the world today?

Robin Hobb

Mother, Children, Greatness

Robin Hobb (2002). “Royal Assassin: The Farseer Trilogy”, p.297, Spectra

The truth, I discovered, is a tree that grows as a man gains access to experience. A child sees the acorn of his daily life, but a man looks back on the oak.

Robin Hobb

Children, Men, Tree

Robin Hobb (2002). “Fool's Errand: The Tawny Man Trilogy”, p.121, Spectra