255 Quotes by Jacqueline Carey

Comme ils sont dans l'erreur ceux qui voient en Elua un dieu bien délicat, fait uniquement pour être adoré par les amants aux yeux tournés vers les étoiles. Mais que les guerriers clament donc leur foi dans des dieux de sang et de tonnerre ; l'amour est dur, plus dur que l'acier - et trois fois plus cruel. Il est inexorable comme la marée, et la vie et la mort marchent sur ses brisées.

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

Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store, we would shrink back in fear and let the cup of life pass us by untasted.

There are those who are awkward in the face of sorrow, fearing to say the wrong thing; to them, I say, there is no wrong in comfort, ever. A kind word, a consoling arm ... these things are ever welcome.

A small kindness, a confluence of compassion, had saved his life. Was that strength, or a weakness?

It is a dangerous thing to bring a dream to life....I have watched my deepest, dearest hopes take shape, and I am not entirely sure I like the shape they have taken.

Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.

Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you

I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer