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d485cb9
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Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?
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pain
human
god
love
hurt
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Jacqueline Carey |
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d67689b
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All knowledge is worth having.
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life
philosophy
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Jacqueline Carey |
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cda667e
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That which yields is not always weak.
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flexibility
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Jacqueline Carey |
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c10dfa1
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Love as thou wilt
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Jacqueline Carey |
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94c9c3f
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There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire
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lust
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Jacqueline Carey |
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c32f01f
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All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.
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life
philosophy
inspirational
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Jacqueline Carey |
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b0316c8
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When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me
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Jacqueline Carey |
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036289c
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It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and know that one had not yet reckoned the tenth part of true grief.
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time
sorrow
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Jacqueline Carey |
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8dbfa9b
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Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade
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love
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Jacqueline Carey |
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7c144e4
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Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear
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dream
ears
self
aware
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Jacqueline Carey |
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63440ac
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Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you
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crossroads
wait
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Jacqueline Carey |
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04a014a
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If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.
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war
loyalty
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Jacqueline Carey |
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83b77ea
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Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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eb570ca
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Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers
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Jacqueline Carey |
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338b9f4
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Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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a65c090
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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.
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fate
fear
life
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Jacqueline Carey |
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619dc21
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We speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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56eea32
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Even a stunted tree reaches for sunlight.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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022659d
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It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others
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sorrow
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Jacqueline Carey |
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e2bbbe3
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If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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f625b8c
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The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart
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pain
heart
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Jacqueline Carey |
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8a1b899
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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.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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b7ff46f
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To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting
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Jacqueline Carey |
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42295ec
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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.
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self-perception
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Jacqueline Carey |
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bd55893
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A nervous silence loosens tongues
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sex
silence
politics
nervous
tongues
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Jacqueline Carey |
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fc4a785
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Nothing spoils idle pleasure like too much awareness
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Jacqueline Carey |
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78fc820
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If you thought better of me, you would not be so surprised
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suprised
think
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Jacqueline Carey |
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6a98e0d
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A little truth seasons a lie like salt.
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story
truth
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Jacqueline Carey |
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946f936
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And for a price, I will pretend absolutely nothing.
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sex
silence
price
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Jacqueline Carey |
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4bbc03e
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There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme
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life
patterns
theme
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Jacqueline Carey |
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34c38c6
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This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.
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secret
death
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Jacqueline Carey |
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093eb7a
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It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion
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Jacqueline Carey |
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b153410
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After you, it's all cheap tequila.
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love
taste
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Jacqueline Carey |
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5f7d0a3
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Truly, it is in loss that we learn a thing's true value.
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love
kushiel-s-dart
jacqueline-carey
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Jacqueline Carey |
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f2c48ad
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Whip us 'till we're on the floor, we'll turn around and ask for more, we're Phedre's Boys! We like to hurt, we like to bleed, daily floggings do we need, we're Phedre's Boys!
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Jacqueline Carey |
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6b6ccf0
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I can see patterns in events, and behaviors; in mathematics, I follow slower
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patterns
slow
math
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Jacqueline Carey |
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a4a4257
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Garner knowledge, by any means possible
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Jacqueline Carey |
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8a63487
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Wars come and go; politics endure.
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war
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Jacqueline Carey |
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8d82dd0
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What is fear but courage's shadow?
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kushiel-s-avatar
jacqueline-carey
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Jacqueline Carey |
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020bece
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I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one love. It could be complicated; of course it could be complicated. And it opened one up to the possibility of more pain and loss. Still, it was a blessing I would never relinquish. Love, genuine love, was always a cause for joy.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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2e94764
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I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer
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wish
gods
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Jacqueline Carey |
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0c2f66a
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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 part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.
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time
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Jacqueline Carey |
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114aaaf
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It's the same questions we ask of our existence, and the answer is always the same. The mystery lies not in the question nor the answer, but in the asking and answering themselves, over and over again, and the end is engendered in the beginning.
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Jacqueline Carey |
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487c7cf
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It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.
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Jacqueline Carey |