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

owlishly.

Ostensibly,

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

“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.”

For a very brief period I was happy, and, an even rarer gift, I knew I was happy.

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

fancy,

Reminding myself that these “servants” might be better born than myself, I treated them all with great courtesy and later wondered if that might not be the secret of the harmonious household, that all servants or royalty, be treated with the same courtesy.

inexorable,