# Assassin's Apprentice  ## Metadata - Author: [[Robin Hobb, Michael Whelan, and John Howe]] - Full Title: Assassin's Apprentice - Category: #books ## Highlights - Privation and pain are one way to lower a man’s defenses; it is the only way Galen believes in. But Solicity used guile. She would have me watch a kite, or a bit of dust floating in a sunbeam, focusing on it as if there were nothing else in the world. And suddenly there she would be, inside my mind with me, smiling and praising me. She taught me that being open was simply not being closed. And going into another’s mind is mostly done by being willing to go outside of your own. Do you see, boy?” ([Location 5042](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFMG6&location=5042)) - 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.” ([Location 5424](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFMG6&location=5424)) - “Ruthlessness creates its own rules. So my mother taught me. People are intimidated by a man who acts with no apparent regard for consequences. Behave as if you cannot be touched and no one will dare to touch you. Look at the whole situation. ([Location 6433](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B000FBFMG6&location=6433))