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

inexorable,

fancy,

Ostensibly,

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

think myself cured of all spite, but when I touch pen to paper, the hurt of a boy bleeds out with the sea-spawned ink, until I suspect each carefully formed black letter scabs over some ancient scarlet wound.

“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.”

unremitting

motley

paraphernalia