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eed62ab Io sono Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve, e sono unica. phèdre Jacqueline Carey
cb2237c There's some sort of Soothsayers' Code that prevents soothsayers from soothsaying on a day-to-day basis, when it might, you know, avert this kind of ordinary, everyday tragedy. Something about the laws of causality being broken and the order of creation overturned, resulting in a world run amok, river running backwards, the run rising in the west, cats and dogs getting married... I don't know; don't ask me. I don't pretend to understand (.... Jacqueline Carey
0fc7376 That which yields, is not always weak. Jacqueline Carey
64b0fa1 By the way, if you're ever conversing with an actual vampire, do refer to the House of Shadows as Twilight Manor. There's a reason vampires aren't known for their senses of humour. If you accidentally do so, I'd say run, but it's probably already too late. Jacqueline Carey
37b7fa6 To, co se podvoli, neni vzdycky slabe. Jacqueline Carey
f0e0c8a The world began in ending, and it will end in beginning. Jacqueline Carey
7356eab Non c'e nulla che non valga la pena sapere. sapere Jacqueline Carey
f5d8c58 It was small consolation, but it would have to do. I squeezed his hand once more, in lieu of things unsaid. "Come on." Jacqueline Carey
7181664 La genialita ha bisogno di un pubblico. pubblico Jacqueline Carey
91a8a5c So I leave flowers; spring flowers, then summer flowers. I gather the red and orange and yellow trumpet flowers, for a trumpet is a thing that makes a loud noise like a shout, and I tie their vines together and leave them to shout I love you in a row from Miranda's window-ledge. Jacqueline Carey
7ad6c0c In the end, I didn't know why I loved her to the point of distraction. I knew only that I did. Jacqueline Carey
c3cb7cd Amid the horrors of war, the poets seldom saw fit to mention the deadly tedium. Jacqueline Carey
bc8a8ff L'amore e duro, piu duro dell'acciaio e tre volte piu crudele. E inesorabile come la marea, e vita e morte seguono la sua scia. crudele inesorabile morte vita Jacqueline Carey
d528661 Le importava, le importava davvero di me, e a quell'idea non riuscivo a smettere di ridere, avendo trovato il mio inutile trionfo nella stordita follia del dolore. Anche se la foschia rossa di Kushiel mi velava la vista, anche se le fitte che provavo alla testa erano terribili, i miei pensieri erano chiari. L'equilibrio dei poteri era mutato, rendendoci, per una volta, pari. dolore follia odio Jacqueline Carey
34edabd Se solo potessi fare del mio cuore e della mia anima qualcosa di diverso da un campo di battaglia! campo-di-battaglia cuore Jacqueline Carey
4646618 Non c'e roccia su cui l'anima mortale possa naufragare che non contenga qualche delicato viticcio di gentilezza umana che lotta per sopravvivere. gentilezza umanità Jacqueline Carey
ecc2772 Nell'amore, comunque si manifesti, siamo piu grandi della somma delle nostre parti. somma-delle-parti Jacqueline Carey
3769abb Cos'e il potere? Questi giovani sciocchi vi si arrendono con ogni impaurito battito del cuore. E cosi le ombre crescono, assumendo potere. Cos'e la paura, se non l'ombra del coraggio? ombre paura potere Jacqueline Carey
f2bf899 Orgoglio, desiderio, compassione, intelligenza, belligeranza, fecondita, lealta... e colpa. Ma al di sopra di tutto c'e l'amore. E se desideriamo essere piu che umani, e quella la stella che dobbiamo seguire. Non possiamo fare altro che tentare. E sufficiente. belligeranza colpa compassione desiderio fecondità intelligenza lealtà orgoglio stella Jacqueline Carey
a4a9f3c Glielo spiegai; non a parole, ma nel linguaggio della carne, di labbra, lingua e mani, del respiro accelerato e del pulsare del sangue nelle vene, nell'umore salato del desiderio. E la stessa domanda che poniamo alla nostra esistenza, e anche la risposta e sempre la stessa. Il mistero non e nella domanda e neppure nella risposta, ma nel continuare a domandarsi e a rispondersi, perche la fine e generata dall'inizio. domanda dubbi esistenza fine inizio risposte Jacqueline Carey
bf4db97 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. dreams hopes Jacqueline Carey
66ac75f Salvezza. Gia, ma cosa significa? A quel tempo pensavo di saperlo, pensavo di averne bisogno, e che gli yeshuiti la offrissero. E che il solo prezzo da pagare fosse avere fede.>> <> Joscelin scosse il capo. <> fede salvezza Jacqueline Carey
4e1f03f Gli eroi mi davano la nausea. Una volta, avevo voluto essere uno di loro. Avevo covato sogni gloriosi di diventare un eroe dello stesso stampo di cui credevo Joscelin fosse fatto. Avevo perso quelle illusioni molto tempo fa, ma non avevo capito fino ad ora che eroismo significa vivere nel terrore di non essere in grado di proteggere coloro che ami. eroi eroismo illusioni proteggere terrore Jacqueline Carey
8371c9d Jehanne said that it would always be like this. That I would always be young and beautiful in her memory, and she in mine. That I would never grow resentful, never be tempted to betray her. That she would never grow restless and fickle, and see to replace me. So you see, not exactly the sentiments of a great and terrible love affair. love-affair memory Jacqueline Carey
918e0dc We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in so doing, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves. Now Jacqueline Carey
932b1eb C'e forse da stupirsi che io sia diventata quella che sono? Delaunay sostiene che fosse da sempre il mio destino... Forse ha ragione ma c'e una cosa che so con certezza: quando l'Amore mi ha scacciata, e stata la Crudelta ad avere pieta di me. crudeltà destino Jacqueline Carey
0994804 It is a scholar's weakness, to run narrow and deep. study weakness wisdom Jacqueline Carey
09f48b2 Sbagliare e perseverare e una prova piu dura di qualsiasi battaglia. perseverare prova sbagliare Jacqueline Carey
98dab20 Amore e odio sono due lati di una stessa lama. A dividerli e un filo piu tagliente di quelli del pugnale del tuo cassiliano. odio Jacqueline Carey
96369c4 Il dolore riscatta tutto: rappresenta la consapevolezza della vita e, al tempo stesso, un monito di morte. dolore monito morte riscatto vita Jacqueline Carey
6fd4c47 A noi mortali, purtroppo, e negato il lusso della licenza narrativa: dobbiamo vivere e andare avanti. licenza-narrativa mortali vivere Jacqueline Carey
5792468 I took a slice of melon and perched on the edge of a couch, watching them both, patently uncomfortable with the undefined nature of my role here. Jacqueline Carey
8a26d5e The fact that he might have other things to do with his time than spend it shepherding his master's head-strong, thousand-ducat-a-night through one of the most unsavory quarters of the City never crossed my mind. Jacqueline Carey
e58b000 Never before had I used my service to escape any woes that troubled me, but I did that day. Jacqueline Carey
1fd7bf2 So you were good enough for the Cullach Gorrym, good enough to marry Dorelei mab Breidaia, good enough to beget Alba a successor, but not good enough for the Queen's daughter?" Urist's lips curled with scorn. The tip of his knife flicked upward. "Well, that's what I think of that, lad." The red yarn parted and fell." Jacqueline Carey
976c327 What you are witnessing is the face of war a great ruler seldom sees, my lady," Master Lo Feng said to her. Her veiled face turned his way, listening. "No matter how righteous the cause, no matter who wins, the commonfolk suffer. Without plenty, the wealthy lack compassion for the poor, hoarding without sharing. Without law, the strong bully the weak, stealing by force. People will go hungry. Some will starve. Men and women will be forced t.. Jacqueline Carey
6085aac Yet even as the wind stirs your petals, flowers fall. My flowers are eternal, my songs live forever. I lift them in offering; I, a singer. I cast them to the wind, I spill them. The flowers become gold, they come to dwell inside the palace of eternity. Jacqueline Carey
9cd013d E mais duro ver outro sofrer do que suportarmos nos o sofrimento. Jacqueline Carey
d2bcff7 It is my fate, it seems, to fall privy to rare and splendid vistas in a state of exhaustion too profound to care. Jacqueline Carey
9c42e98 But Quintilius Rousse's sailors grinned in the saddle, saluting, and rode out in a thunder, horses trampling their own long shadows as they set their heads to the east. Jacqueline Carey
66b8b86 I eyed him. "Are you really Jamaican?" He returned my gaze evenly. "Why do you think I'm not, sistah?" "I don't know," I said. "I have to admit, pretty much everything I know about Jamaica comes from watching , and I'm guessing a Disney movie about Olympic bobsledders isn't the most accurate reference material." Jacqueline Carey
15430c1 Hey, sister buzz-kill," she said languorously to Jen. "What crawled up your ass and died?" "I don't know," Jen retorted. "What died and crawled up ass?" There were times I regretted being an only child. This wasn't one of them." Jacqueline Carey
aa89c0f Your goddamn bloodsucking boyfriend's been promising to change you for eight years!" Jen said grimly. "Wake up and smell the plasma, Beth!" Jacqueline Carey
27cc483 Ray bent his head toward her, and they smiled at each other, a pair of blissful ghouls in love. I might have felt sorry for them if the continued existence of their relationship didn't necessitate generating incredible amounts of anguish and misery, which I was apparently next in line to provide. Jacqueline Carey
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