Robin Hobb

And what do you believe?”A slow smile spread over his face. “I believe in you. You are my new beginning.

...There was no point in sighing after what I could not have. It only distracted me from what I did have.

For he was the Fool now, all of Lord Chance and Lady Amber and Lord Golden scraped away by sorrow. He was no one's Beloved now.

Besides, if there were no dragons of flesh and blood and fire, whence would come the idea for these stone carvings?

Had they been dogs they would have sniffed me over and then drawn back. But humans have no such inbred courtesies.

Think of what is and don't let what might have been distract you.

But if she is alone now, it is because she chose to be alone, not someone decree if for her. Her life is hers to live, not yours to repair.