“in the arts of covertcy, it is death to second-guess oneself.” — Jacqueline Carey Art Copy Share Image
Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul. — Jacqueline Carey Death Copy Share Image
“Somewhat to my surprise, there were several polite golf claps. Vampires.” — Jacqueline Carey Vampires Copy Share Image
“where power intersects with pleasure, there is danger. Adepts” — Jacqueline Carey Danger Copy Share Image
This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike. — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best? — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it. — Jacqueline Carey Courtesan Copy Share Image
“If I'm to be damned for what I've done, I'll be damned in full and not by halves.” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to… — Jacqueline Carey Bards Copy Share Image
“Your goddamn bloodsucking boyfriend's been promising to change you for eight years!" Jen said grimly. "Wake up and smell the plasma, Beth!” — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life… — Jacqueline Carey Anger Copy Share Image
It is a comfort, in anguish, to be reminded of the scale of one's own troubles against the mighty breadth of the… — Jacqueline Carey Anguish Copy Share Image
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation on a theme. So musicians say the… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“I don't think, before that moment, that he truly grasped the nature of what I was. He knew, of course; had always… — Jacqueline Carey Nature Copy Share Image
“I thought about what a priest of Elua had told me about love many years ago, the first time I kept his… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made… — Jacqueline Carey Ambiguity Copy Share Image
“I have seen the impossible. I have seen great and terrible wonders, and I tell you, the world is a vaster and… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
Love child!" What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you… — Jacqueline Carey Children Copy Share Image
“mayhap if I played at being the kind and gentle husband long enough, it would become true. Master Piero once told us… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“The fact that he might have other things to do with his time than spend it shepherding his master's head-strong, thousand-ducat-a-night anguisette… — Jacqueline Carey Psychology Copy Share Image
“There would be love, and while it was mine, I could cling to it. I could rejoice -- in life, in the… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“Empty yourself of everything,” he said. “Let your mind rest at peace. Ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches.… — Jacqueline Carey Nature Copy Share Image
“Profundity fails me.” Father Ramon's gaze rested on Loup. “And perhaps that is fitting, since words have never been your strong suit,… — Jacqueline Carey Catalyst for change Copy Share Image
“I eyed him. "Are you really Jamaican?" He returned my gaze evenly. "Why do you think I'm not, sistah?" "I don't know,"… — Jacqueline Carey Jamaican Copy Share Image
“I aspire to wisdom, my lady. I do not believe I possess it, not yet. But my lord Ptolemy Solon holds that… — Jacqueline Carey Happiness Copy Share Image
Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“By morning, Joscelin was resigned. "You know, betimes I think you are a little mad, Imriel no Montreve," he said to me… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom… — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
