--- title: "Best Jacqueline Carey Words" description: "Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer who mainly writes fantasy books. Browse 188 Jacqueline Carey quotes." 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 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 · Page 5 > [“You were the most desirable woman I’ve ever seen, and I resented you for it. Foolish, but true.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/you-were-the-most-desirable-woman-i-ve-ever-seen-and-i-resented-you/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Foolish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/foolish/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/546/jacqueline-carey-1938_foolish_you-were-the-most-desirable-woman-i-ve-e_1478824.png) > [The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/the-harp-sounds-at-each-passing-breeze-but-that-does-not-mean-the/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Breeze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breeze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2dd/jacqueline-carey-1938_breeze_the-harp-sounds-at-each-passing-breeze-b_632695.png) > [“A pretty sight; it would have surprised me, if my capacity for surprise wasn't flattened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/a-pretty-sight-it-would-have-surprised-me-if-my-capacity-for-surprise/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Surprise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/surprise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/417/jacqueline-carey-1938_surprise_a-pretty-sight-it-would-have-surprised-m_72080.png) > [Love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. It is inexorable as the tides, and life and death alike follow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/love-is-hard-harder-than-steel-and-thrice-as-cruel-it-is-inexorable/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Cruel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cruel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/04b/jacqueline-carey-1938_cruel_love-is-hard-harder-than-steel-and-thric_1285625.png) > [Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/stand-at-the-crossroads-if-you-will-but-if-you-ll-not-choose-i-ll/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Choose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/choose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/jacqueline-carey-1938_choose_stand-at-the-crossroads-if-you-will-but_2589296.png) > [“A Night-Blooming Flower, a Tsingano witch-boy, and a...a Cassaline whatever. This is what Ysandre sends me. I must be mad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/a-night-blooming-flower-a-tsingano-witch-boy-and-a-a-cassaline/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Blooming flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blooming-flower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fb/jacqueline-carey-1938_blooming-flower_a-night-blooming-flower-a-tsingano-witch_2660084.png) > [“It wouldn’t last, of course. I had no illusions on that score. But while it did, I meant to relish every moment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-wouldn-t-last-of-course-i-had-no-illusions-on-that-score-but-while/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Every moment](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-moment/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/723/jacqueline-carey-1938_every-moment_it-wouldn-t-last-of-course-i-had-no-illu_1121425.png) > [“Never before had I used my service to escape any woes that troubled me, but I did that day.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/never-before-had-i-used-my-service-to-escape-any-woes-that-troubled/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Service](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/service/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c39/jacqueline-carey-1938_service_never-before-had-i-used-my-service-to-es_78873.png) > [“super-size emotions had saved me. God knows, I’d spent enough time wrestling with them, but I’d never thought before about how much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/super-size-emotions-had-saved-me-god-knows-i-d-spent-enough-time/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Emotions](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/emotions/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b31/jacqueline-carey-1938_emotions_super-size-emotions-had-saved-me-god-kno_1554002.png) > [“It must sound, I know, as if I had no pity for him; it wasn't true. I was angry because I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-must-sound-i-know-as-if-i-had-no-pity-for-him-it-wasn-t-true-i-was/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Curse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/curse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f3/jacqueline-carey-1938_curse_it-must-sound-i-know-as-if-i-had-no-pity_464123.png) > [“How strange it must be, I thought, to be wed not merely as husband and wife but Cruarch and Queen, trading men’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/how-strange-it-must-be-i-thought-to-be-wed-not-merely-as-husband-and/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Husband and wife](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/husband-and-wife/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/509/jacqueline-carey-1938_husband-and-wife_how-strange-it-must-be-i-thought-to-be-w_1873151.png) > [“By the way, if you're ever conversing with an actual vampire, do not refer to the House of Shadows as Twilight Manor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/by-the-way-if-you-re-ever-conversing-with-an-actual-vampire-do-not/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Too late](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/too-late/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/83c/jacqueline-carey-1938_too-late_by-the-way-if-you-re-ever-conversing-wit_985789.png) > [I don't really consider my work, on the whole, 'fringe' in my own mind; science fiction and fantasy have been pretty solidly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/i-don-t-really-consider-my-work-on-the-whole-fringe-in-my-own-mind/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec8/jacqueline-carey-1938_been_i-don-t-really-consider-my-work-on-the-w_616925.png) > [“In the general course of things, when beauty passes, the flower bows its head upon the stem and fails. Sometimes, though, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/in-the-general-course-of-things-when-beauty-passes-the-flower-bows/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3cf/jacqueline-carey-1938_beauty_in-the-general-course-of-things-when-bea_947597.jpg) > [There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing; to them, I say, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/there-are-those-who-are-awkward-in-the-face-of-sorrow-fearing-to-say/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Arms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/arms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a89/jacqueline-carey-1938_arms_there-are-those-who-are-awkward-in-the-f_899161.png) > [For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/for-this-too-i-learned-that-a-storyteller-s-tale-may-end-but-history/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Ends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ends/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/442/jacqueline-carey-1938_ends_for-this-too-i-learned-that-a-storytelle_107158.png) > [“The night court taught me to serve, and Delauney taught me to think; but from Melisande Shahrizai, I learned how to hate.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/the-night-court-taught-me-to-serve-and-delauney-taught-me-to-think/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Night court](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/night-court/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/jacqueline-carey-1938_night-court_the-night-court-taught-me-to-serve-and-d_2011851.png) > [“My thanks, Master.” He waved his hand. “It is what I do. If you wish to thank me, do a kindness for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/my-thanks-master-he-waved-his-hand-it-is-what-i-do-if-you-wish-to/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Gratitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gratitude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/def/jacqueline-carey-1938_gratitude_my-thanks-master-he-waved-his-hand-it-is_1806378.png) > [“...not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/not-stories-but-histories-for-this-too-i-learned-that-a-storyteller-s/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [History](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/history/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/jacqueline-carey-1938_history_not-stories-but-histories-for-this-too-i_2005835.png) > [“He nodded at Josceline and me. "Keep these two with you, will you? They seem to be damnably hard to kill.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/he-nodded-at-josceline-and-me-keep-these-two-with-you-will-you-they/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Kill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/jacqueline-carey-1938_kill_he-nodded-at-josceline-and-me-keep-these_3144941.png) > [What's the point of being a grown-up if you can't indulge the kid inside you every now and then?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/what-s-the-point-of-being-a-grown-up-if-you-can-t-indulge-the-kid/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Grown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grown/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/jacqueline-carey-1938_grown_what-s-the-point-of-being-a-grown-up-if_1753357.png) > [“For every victory," Necthana whispered, her great dark eyes shining with a mother's tears, "there is a price.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/for-every-victory-necthana-whispered-her-great-dark-eyes-shining-with/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Dark eyes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dark-eyes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/jacqueline-carey-1938_dark-eyes_for-every-victory-necthana-whispered-her_917576.png) > [Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/only-insofar-as-you-enjoy-being-sorry-my-dear-which-while-it-is-a/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Apology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/apology/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/jacqueline-carey-1938_apology_only-insofar-as-you-enjoy-being-sorry-my_577997.png) > [“I had grown to love the very city in all its decrepit grandeur. I had walked every inch of it by now.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/i-had-grown-to-love-the-very-city-in-all-its-decrepit-grandeur-i-had/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Walked](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/walked/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/727/jacqueline-carey-1938_walked_i-had-grown-to-love-the-very-city-in-all_2110196.jpg) > [“Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty… and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/pride-desire-compassion-cleverness-belligerence-fruitfulness-loyalty/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Compassion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/compassion/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/jacqueline-carey-1938_compassion_pride-desire-compassion-cleverness-belli_608265.jpg) > [It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/it-s-funny-how-one-can-look-back-on-a-sorrow-one-thought-one-might/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Death](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/death/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a8/jacqueline-carey-1938_death_it-s-funny-how-one-can-look-back-on-a-so_1920116.png) > [“That kiss, I cannot describe. It was like a poem, a prayer, a homecoming unlooked-for. It was like dungeon walls crumbling to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/that-kiss-i-cannot-describe-it-was-like-a-poem-a-prayer-a-homecoming/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Kiss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kiss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/jacqueline-carey-1938_kiss_that-kiss-i-cannot-describe-it-was-like_3096260.png) > [ We are all these things \[...\]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-carey/we-are-all-these-things-pride-desire-compassion-cleverness/) [Jacqueline Carey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/) [Belligerence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belligerence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/jacqueline-carey-1938_belligerence_we-are-all-these-things-pride-desire-com_2558300.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": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-carey/#itemlist", "name": "Jacqueline Carey Quotes", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You were the most desirable woman I’ve ever seen, and I resented you for it. 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