Assassin's Apprentice (The Farseer Trilogy, Book 1)

implacable

“Most prisons are of our own making. A man makes his own freedom, too.”

motley

fancy,

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

“When you spring to an idea, and decide it is truth, without evidence, you blind yourself to other possibilities.

When considering a man’s motives, remember you must not measure his wheat with your bushel. He may not be using the same standard at all.”

bemused.

“When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool, you end up sounding like a moron instead. Let’s start again.”