“Sometimes it seemed to me a cruelty that so much was unresolved between us; at other times, a blessing that a hope of reunion lingered.”

—  Robin Hobb, book Fool's Fate

Source: Fool's Fate

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American fiction writer (pseudonym) 1952

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