The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart

— Jacqueline Carey

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.

— Jacqueline Carey

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.

— Jacqueline Carey

There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire

— Jacqueline Carey

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.

— Jacqueline Carey

This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike.

— Jacqueline Carey

Those that yield are not always weak

— Jacqueline Carey

To recognize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it

— Jacqueline Carey

Truly, it is in loss that we learn a thing's true value.

— Jacqueline Carey

Well, I was living it, but a shared dream half-lived is a hollow thing

— Jacqueline Carey