Dark eyes Quote by Jacqueline Carey

““For every victory," Necthana whispered, her great dark eyes shining with a mother's tears, "there is a price.””

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“A pretty sight; it would have surprised me, if my capacity for surprise wasn't flattened.”

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“Never before had I used my service to escape any woes that troubled me, but I did that day.”

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“Young men," Melisande murmured after they had left, smiling faintly. "Such a sense of honor. Is he a little bit in love with you, do you think?" "Joscelin quite despises me," I said. "My lady." "Oh, love and hate are two sides of the same blade," she said cheerily enough, motioning for a servant to take my cloak, "and an…

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For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a…

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“for the keeping of secrets from adults is oft the only power a child may hope to possess.”

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Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

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“If I have one pride in my calling, it is that I have never judged a patron wrongly - and I have never failed…

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A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

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I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.

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Garner knowledge, by any means possible

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Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present.

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I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow,…

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Hey Sydney," she said, giving me a small, crooked smile as she entered the room. Her flashing, dark eyes were friendly, but they were also assessing everything in the room, much as Eddie's gaze was. It was a guardian thing. Rose was about my height and dressed very casually in jeans and a red tank top. But, as always, there…

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“Let’s go home,” she said. He arched his brows. “Already? I thought you would want to stay for a while.” Dark eyes flashed. “No, I want to take you home where women can’t stare at you like hyenas after a baby chick.” He laughed-loudly, which caught a fair bit of attention. “Surely I’m more threatening than a chick?” She smiled,…

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“With a laugh exposing a kissable mouth and perfect teeth, he glances my way again, his entire demeanor tensing for a second, those dark…

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Sylvia's dark eyes widened. "You are more than you appear to be" "Yes. I am a monster of Darkness, a beast," he agreed with…

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“They were all around him, half a dozen of them, white-faced children with dark eyes, boys and girls together. And in their hands, the…

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And all my days are trances, And all my nightly dreams Are where thy dark eye glances, And where thy footstep gleams-- In what ethereal dances, By what eternal streams!

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