Quotes of Jacqueline Carey

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“All knowledge is worth having.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
“That which yields is not always weak.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Love as thou wilt” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
“There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
“When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
“Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy
“It is a fine line, in all of us, between civilization and savagery. To any who think they would never cross it, I can only say, if you have never known what it is to be utterly betrayed and abandoned, you cannot know how close it is.” ― Jacqueline Carey
“We speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar
“Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. ” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
“Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
“Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight.” ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Scion
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Jacqueline Carey

Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.Jacqueline Carey (born 1964 in Highland Park, Illinois) is an author and novelist, primarily of fantasy fiction. She attended Lake For…

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