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614d0c3 There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock. goodness jacqueline-carey kindness kushiels-dart Jacqueline Carey
638a126 Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you that all that I am, all that I possess, including this gem-stone, is yours. I need you. I can't do this alone. Forget your memories. Look into your heart. And if you can find somewhere there, some lingering spark of trust that owes naught to reason, I beg you to speak the word written here. trust Jacqueline Carey
e299a97 Love child!" What else? You will find it and lose it, again and again. And with each finding and each loss, you will become more than before. What you make of it is yours to choose." Jacqueline Carey
7ccc10f I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness. Jacqueline Carey
0d7d3fc I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine. eagerness horniness sex virginity youth Jacqueline Carey
2193b6a We pay for sins we do not remember, and seek to do a will we can scarce fathom. That is what it is, to be a god's chosen. Jacqueline Carey
1588715 To my surprise, Joscelin rose. 'Phedre-' He began, then halted. Sitting below him, I watched him smile to himself, quiet and private. 'Phedre yields with a willow's grace,' he said softly. 'And endures with the strength of mountains. Without her, life would be calm; and yet lack all meaning. joscelin-verreuil love Jacqueline Carey
0d73daf Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear. kushiel-s-dart Jacqueline Carey
5d637c0 Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing hollow Jacqueline Carey
ffef385 Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present. Jacqueline Carey
0e20e2a For every victory there is a price. kushiel-s-dart Jacqueline Carey
006c170 Joscelin, is love supposed to make you feel like you're sick and dying, and mad enough to hit someone and drunk with joy, and your heart's a boulder n your chest trying to burst into a thousand pieces all at once?" "Mm-hmm." He finished his ale. "That would be love." -- imriel-no-montreve joscelin-verreuil love Jacqueline Carey
989baf2 To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it taint treachery Jacqueline Carey
97d34e2 Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes? Jacqueline Carey
ecb6889 My lord. It is too much, and not enough Jacqueline Carey
0be09be Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland homeland poets sing war Jacqueline Carey
be0f93b Stupid to speak of blame when the wills of the immortals are involved. gods immortal stupid will Jacqueline Carey
74ba1b3 And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear. kushiel punishment Jacqueline Carey
0df01d4 Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently. kushiel-s-dart Jacqueline Carey
415e33a But slight mistakes accumulate, and grow to gross errors if unchecked. mistake unchecked Jacqueline Carey
1c6345d I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie. truth Jacqueline Carey
de70251 And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade. crossroads death inspirational life-lessons truth Jacqueline Carey
3224811 It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you oath obey Jacqueline Carey
c471d5d Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul. Jacqueline Carey
da0a30b Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death. Jacqueline Carey
afb74cb True friendship must be akin to romance, I think; only without all the anguish and anxiety. love romance Jacqueline Carey
74450d0 Her always is mine Jacqueline Carey
8ae3787 One must gauge one's trust carefully. Jacqueline Carey
ae6156e I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand." letting-go Jacqueline Carey
ce32211 Hear, hear.' Sister Martha hoisted her water glass. 'Let the rigid stick of self-righteousness be dislodged from her very uptight ass.' Father Ramon coughed. 'A-fucking-men,' Loup supplied helpfully. convent dystopian orphanage toast Jacqueline Carey
c279c1f That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves. Jacqueline Carey
28f927a Like a falling star, he descended on the Tarbh Cro, a Cassiline berserker, his sword biting and slashing like a silver snake. joscelin Jacqueline Carey
5c7d9ea If I'm to be damned for what I've done, I'll be damned in full and not by halves. Jacqueline Carey
316d46b There is as much deception in noise as there is in silence Jacqueline Carey
2648198 Spontaneity is the province of youth Jacqueline Carey
8f381d9 I have the impossible. I have seen great and terrible wonders, and I tell you, the world is a vaster and stranger place than ever I had reckoned. Jacqueline Carey
2eef2e7 It is a human failing, to attribute the best of motives to those we know the least, and the worst to those we love best. Jacqueline Carey
3cc80cf not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. stories storytelling Jacqueline Carey
451c314 I seek words of such surpassing beauty that they might melt the hardest heart of stone. Jacqueline Carey
1b7f97e There would be love, and while it was mine, I could cling to it. I could rejoice -- in life, in the existence of love. In the existence of people like Phedre and Joscelin. Although the standards they set were impossibly high, still, I could rejoice that such courage and compassion existed in the world. I could hope and aspire. hope life love Jacqueline Carey
764fc3b Soon never comes soon enough to a young child. Jacqueline Carey
94a3263 Again and again, I pushed my memories away. There were days when it was easy and days when it was hard. My love ... was a boulder in my heart. I sought to let go of it and let it sink. Let it sink below the surface, carrying my heart with it. Let it come to rest on the stream's bottom, a vast hidden bulwark, dividing the current. Let it stay there, hidden and unseen. Forgotten. Betimes it worked. Betimes it didn't. It was the best I could d.. Jacqueline Carey
d978a03 The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played. jacqueline-carey kushiel-s-chosen music Jacqueline Carey
47917e1 How do you want to die, Admiral? We are D'Angeline. At the hand of numbers, or dreams? Jacqueline Carey
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