--- title: "188 Jacqueline Carey Quotes - Famous Novelist (Kushiel's dart)" description: "Jacqueline Carey quotes on secret power, happiness as wisdom, and truth seasoning lies." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-jacqueline-carey-1938.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b139/author-jacqueline-carey-1938.jpg) # Jacqueline Carey (1964) Novelist United States **188** quotes in **575** categories Jacqueline Carey writes about the power of secret keeping, saying it can be a child’s only strength. She claims happiness is the highest form of wisdom. She also notes that a small truth can season a lie like salt, shaping stories and history. Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jacqueline Carey is a novelist from the United States, best known for *Kushiel's dart*. ## Quick Facts About Jacqueline Carey Born January 1, 1964 Nationality United States Profession Novelist Notable works Kushiel's dart Known for Kushiel's Legacy ## About Jacqueline Carey Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer who mainly writes fantasy books. ## Awards & Honors Locus Award for Best First Novel Michigan Author Award ## Quotes by Jacqueline Carey > [One must gauge one's trust carefully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/one-must-gauge-one-s-trust-carefully/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/jacqueline-carey-1938_carefully_one-must-gauge-one-s-trust-carefully-875_875866.png) > [“What does it mean to be good?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/what-does-it-mean-to-be-good/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/451/jacqueline-carey-1938_does_what-does-it-mean-to-be-good-2415210_2415210.png) > [“Her always is mine”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/her-always-is-mine/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e5/jacqueline-carey-1938_quote_her-always-is-mine-1968812_1968812.png) > [A nervous silence loosens tongues](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/a-nervous-silence-loosens-tongues/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Anxiety](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/anxiety/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/jacqueline-carey-1938_anxiety_a-nervous-silence-loosens-tongues-179117_1791172.png) > [“Love as thou wilt”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/love-as-thou-wilt/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/jacqueline-carey-1938_love_love-as-thou-wilt-2506125_2506125.png) > [All knowledge is worth having](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/all-knowledge-is-worth-having/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/220/jacqueline-carey-1938_having_all-knowledge-is-worth-having-1265080_1265080.png) > [Those that yield are not always weak](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/those-that-yield-are-not-always-weak/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/957/jacqueline-carey-1938_weak_those-that-yield-are-not-always-weak-310_3102550.png) > [That which yields is not always weak.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/that-which-yields-is-not-always-weak/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Flexibility](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/flexibility/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/jacqueline-carey-1938_flexibility_that-which-yields-is-not-always-weak-309_3098330.png) > [Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/pain-redeems-all-it-is-the-awareness-of-life-a-reminder-of-death/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Awareness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/awareness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a5/jacqueline-carey-1938_awareness_pain-redeems-all-it-is-the-awareness-of_1966769.png) > [“It is all we can do to try. It is enough.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-is-all-we-can-do-to-try-it-is-enough/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a4/jacqueline-carey-1938_quote_it-is-all-we-can-do-to-try-it-is-enough_1705138.png) > [And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/and-kushiel-sends-no-punishment-that-we-are-not-fit-to-bear/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Bears](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bears/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e69/jacqueline-carey-1938_bears_and-kushiel-sends-no-punishment-that-we_1297031.png) > [If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/if-you-will-not-die-for-us-you-cannot-ask-us-to-die-for-you/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Loyalty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/loyalty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/jacqueline-carey-1938_loyalty_if-you-will-not-die-for-us-you-cannot-as_1116629.png) > [Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/happiness-is-the-highest-form-of-wisdom/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/130/jacqueline-carey-1938_form_happiness-is-the-highest-form-of-wisdom_114830.png) > [“Mercy and compassion are all the grace left to us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/mercy-and-compassion-are-all-the-grace-left-to-us/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/jacqueline-carey-1938_compassion_mercy-and-compassion-are-all-the-grace-l_3094528.png) > [There is no folly like the folly of the wise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-is-no-folly-like-the-folly-of-the-wise/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Folly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/folly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/jacqueline-carey-1938_folly_there-is-no-folly-like-the-folly-of-the_2286737.png) > [Soon never comes soon enough to a young child.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/soon-never-comes-soon-enough-to-a-young-child/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/jacqueline-carey-1938_children_soon-never-comes-soon-enough-to-a-young_1239049.png) > [“I took a slice of melon and perched on the edge of a couch, watching them both, patently uncomfortable with the undefined…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/i-took-a-slice-of-melon-and-perched-on-the-edge-of-a-couch-watching/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/493/jacqueline-carey-1938_nature_i-took-a-slice-of-melon-and-perched-on-t_470537.png) > [Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/your-dreaming-self-seeks-to-tell-you-something-your-waking-ears-will/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Dream](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dream/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a9/jacqueline-carey-1938_dream_your-dreaming-self-seeks-to-tell-you-som_879770.png) > [“Beauty inspires love; so it is said, in Terre d’Ange. Was it done that we might find this world worthy of loving?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/beauty-inspires-love-so-it-is-said-in-terre-d-ange-was-it-done-that/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d3/jacqueline-carey-1938_beauty_beauty-inspires-love-so-it-is-said-in-te_745924.jpg) > [“Alas for we who are mortal, and are denied the luxury of dramatic license. We mus live, and go onward.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/alas-for-we-who-are-mortal-and-are-denied-the-luxury-of-dramatic/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Mortal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mortal/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ed/jacqueline-carey-1938_mortal_alas-for-we-who-are-mortal-and-are-denie_1094183.jpg) > [There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-are-patterns-which-emerge-in-one-s-life-circling-and-returning-2/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Circling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/circling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26f/jacqueline-carey-1938_circling_there-are-patterns-which-emerge-in-one-s_2692169.png) > [We are meant to taste of life ... and drink the cup of it to the dregs, bitter and sweet alike.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/we-are-meant-to-taste-of-life-and-drink-the-cup-of-it-to-the-dregs/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20f/jacqueline-carey-1938_bitter_we-are-meant-to-taste-of-life-and-drink_407997.png) > [“How do you want to die, Admiral? We are D'Angeline. At the hand of numbers, or dreams?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/how-do-you-want-to-die-admiral-we-are-d-angeline-at-the-hand-of/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8cb/jacqueline-carey-1938_admiral_how-do-you-want-to-die-admiral-we-are-d_287811.png) > [“for the keeping of secrets from adults is oft the only power a child may hope to possess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/for-the-keeping-of-secrets-from-adults-is-oft-the-only-power-a-child/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e82/jacqueline-carey-1938_children_for-the-keeping-of-secrets-from-adults-i_110523.png) > [“Greet the sky and live, blossom!... Yet even as the wind stirs your petals, flowers fall. My flowers are eternal, my songs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/greet-the-sky-and-live-blossom-yet-even-as-the-wind-stirs-your-petals/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d50/jacqueline-carey-1938_death_greet-the-sky-and-live-blossom-yet-even_1382659.png) > [It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-s-funny-because-in-deference-to-conventional-wisdom-i-spent-my/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Baroque](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baroque/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ec/jacqueline-carey-1938_baroque_it-s-funny-because-in-deference-to-conve_1524834.jpg) > [It is a fine line, in all of us, between civilization and savagery. To any who think they would never cross it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-is-a-fine-line-in-all-of-us-between-civilization-and-savagery-to/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c7/jacqueline-carey-1938_abandoned_it-is-a-fine-line-in-all-of-us-between-c_3214459.png) > [It's the same questions we ask of our existence, and the answer is always the same. The mystery lies not in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-s-the-same-questions-we-ask-of-our-existence-and-the-answer-is/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/77d/jacqueline-carey-1938_answers_it-s-the-same-questions-we-ask-of-our-ex_478071.png) > [“I have always thought that the notion of a Republic is a noble one, dating back to the glory days of Hellas,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/i-have-always-thought-that-the-notion-of-a-republic-is-a-noble-one/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Glory days](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/glory-days/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb4/jacqueline-carey-1938_glory-days_i-have-always-thought-that-the-notion-of_1874187.png) > [“couples. Their duties done, they had eyes only for each other, locking glances and smiling deeply; two realms, two rulers, united in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/couples-their-duties-done-they-had-eyes-only-for-each-other-locking/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Couples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/couples/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c70/jacqueline-carey-1938_couples_couples-their-duties-done-they-had-eyes_2351284.png) > [To my surprise, Joscelin rose. ‘Phedre-’ He began, then halted. Sitting below him, I watched him smile to himself, quiet and private.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/to-my-surprise-joscelin-rose-phedre-he-began-then-halted-sitting/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Calm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/calm/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a03/jacqueline-carey-1938_calm_to-my-surprise-joscelin-rose-phedre-he-b_2892335.jpg) > [Joscelin, is love supposed to make you feel like you’re sick and dying, and mad enough to hit someone and drunk with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/joscelin-is-love-supposed-to-make-you-feel-like-you-re-sick-and-dying/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Ale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dda/jacqueline-carey-1938_ale_joscelin-is-love-supposed-to-make-you-fe_699878.png) > [I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/i-wondered-if-he-could-ever-understand-that-it-was-a-blessing-not-a/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89f/jacqueline-carey-1938_blessing_i-wondered-if-he-could-ever-understand-t_2818138.png) > [“Young men," Melisande murmured after they had left, smiling faintly. "Such a sense of honor. Is he a little bit in love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/young-men-melisande-murmured-after-they-had-left-smiling-faintly-such/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Love and hate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love-and-hate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/jacqueline-carey-1938_love-and-hate_young-men-melisande-murmured-after-they_81166.png) > [“All I could do was stare blankly at him. "Look." He raised both hands, palms outward. "Daisy, I'm sorry. I had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/all-i-could-do-was-stare-blankly-at-him-look-he-raised-both-hands/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb0/jacqueline-carey-1938_gaze_all-i-could-do-was-stare-blankly-at-him_2030450.jpg) > [There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-are-those-who-do-not-hold-that-there-is-any-innate-goodness-to/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/49f/jacqueline-carey-1938_believe_there-are-those-who-do-not-hold-that-the_270754.jpg) > [“Again and again, I pushed my memories away. There were days when it was easy and days when it was hard. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/again-and-again-i-pushed-my-memories-away-there-were-days-when-it-was/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21c/jacqueline-carey-1938_love_again-and-again-i-pushed-my-memories-awa_3051064.jpg) > [“There's some sort of Soothsayers' Code that prevents soothsayers from soothsaying on a day-to-day basis, when it might, you know, avert this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-s-some-sort-of-soothsayers-code-that-prevents-soothsayers-from/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Getting married](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/getting-married/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d26/jacqueline-carey-1938_getting-married_there-s-some-sort-of-soothsayers-code-th_2104120.png) > [Whip us 'till we're on the floor, we'll turn around and ask for more, we're Phèdre's Boys! We like to hurt, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/whip-us-till-we-re-on-the-floor-we-ll-turn-around-and-ask-for-more-we/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ed/jacqueline-carey-1938_beats_whip-us-till-we-re-on-the-floor-we-ll-tu_1287428.jpg) > [There are those who hold that there is a pattern to all that is said and done in this world, that no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-are-those-who-hold-that-there-is-a-pattern-to-all-that-is-said/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a3/jacqueline-carey-1938_believe_there-are-those-who-hold-that-there-is-a_2735184.jpg) ## Jacqueline Carey by topic [Love (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/jacqueline-carey/) [Life (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/jacqueline-carey/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": 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