Quotes From "Kushiels Dart" By Jacqueline Carey

All knowledge is worth having.
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All knowledge is worth having. Jacqueline Carey
Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have...
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Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers Jacqueline Carey
A little truth seasons a lie like salt.
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A little truth seasons a lie like salt. Jacqueline Carey
It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount...
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It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others Jacqueline Carey
This is the secret that none dares tell who fights...
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This is the secret that none dares tell who fights for a cause. Dying, we are all alike. Jacqueline Carey
It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow...
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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. Jacqueline Carey
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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. Jacqueline Carey
Surely if we knew what bitterness fate held in store,...
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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. Jacqueline Carey
If you will not die for us, you cannot ask...
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If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you. Jacqueline Carey
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I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine. Jacqueline Carey
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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
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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
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There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire Jacqueline Carey
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Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade Jacqueline Carey
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...not stories, but histories. For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. Jacqueline Carey
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Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you Jacqueline Carey
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It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion Jacqueline Carey
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Like a falling star, he descended on the Tarbh Cró, a Cassiline berserker, his sword biting and slashing like a silver snake. Jacqueline Carey
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That which yields is not always weak. Jacqueline Carey