History Quote by Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

“Young men," Melisande murmured after they had left, smiling faintly. "Such a sense of honor. Is he a little bit in love with you,…

— Jacqueline Carey

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…

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

A little truth seasons a lie like salt.

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

Garner knowledge, by any means possible

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey