If you does not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Bushel'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.

— Jacqueline Carey

I lie awake in my bed, clinging to the brightness I have known, fighting back the tide of darkness, the memories of blood and branding and horror, and the legacy of cruelty that runs in my own veins, shaping my own secret vow and wielding it like a brand against the darkness, whispering it to myself, over and over. I will try to be good.

— Jacqueline Carey

I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey

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 if I like the shape they have taken.

— Jacqueline Carey

It is a scholar's weakness, to run narrow and deep.

— Jacqueline Carey

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

— Jacqueline Carey