Quotes from Jacqueline Carey

Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.

Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight.

To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting

It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others

If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.

There's more to clothing than just adornment. It does more than merely change how the world perceives us. It changes how we perceive ourselves.

We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.

A nervous silence loosens tongues

Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness

There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme

If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised