“You're alive and safe, and I will not let any evil befall you. And you know that you can trust me. Because I love you.' At her words my throat closed up and choked me. I wondered how she knew them to say. All my life, without knowing it, I had wanted someone to say those words to me, and have them to be true and believable. It was like watching someone give to another the gift you had always longed for.” ChildhoodAffectionMothers LoveFool S Fate Author:Robbin Hobb