Kushiel Quotes

#1. Death is not the master of the house, he is only the porter of the king's lodge.

John Henry Jowett

#2. Human reason is like a drunken man on horseback; set it up on one side, and it tumbles over on the other

Martin Luther

#3. We are alike, Joscelin and I, in that what we do, we do very well.

Jacqueline Carey

#4. I believe that peace is one of the key reasons we need to take time to reflect. We make far better decisions when we are in a peaceful state.

Laura Lane

#5. It's funny, because in deference to conventional wisdom, I spent my struggling writer years trying to suppress my naturally baroque literary voice and write clean, spare prose. I finally gave up and embraced my baroque tendencies when I wrote the Kushiel series.

Jacqueline Carey

#6. What is fear but courage's shadow?

Jacqueline Carey

#7. In Europe, where climate change absolutism is at its strongest, the quasi-religion of greenery in general and the climate change issue in particular have filled the vacuum of organised religion, with reasoned questioning of its mantras regarded as a form of blasphemy.

Nigel Lawson

#8. And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.

Jacqueline Carey

#9. Beauty is at its most poignant when the cold hand of Death holds poised to wither it imminently.

Jacqueline Carey

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

Jacqueline Carey

#11. Some chains are forged for us - those are the hardest to bear.

Jacqueline Carey

#12. Taste and see that the LORD is good," says the psalmist (Ps 34:8). To "taste" is, as we say, to "try" a mouthful of something, with a view to appreciating its flavor. A dish may look good, and be well recommended by the cook, but we do not know its real quality till we have tasted it.

J.I. Packer

#13. Once you are prepared and you think you have every angle of preparation covered, you have to go for it.

Mark Cuban

#14. The worst thing is a rainy day with no laughs

Jameis Winston

#15. When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me

Jacqueline Carey

#16. The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

Jacqueline Carey

#17. For every victory there is a price.

Jacqueline Carey