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    Jacqueline Carey
    “When Love cast me out, it was Cruelty who took pity upon me”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: kushiel-s-dart
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “That which yields is not always weak.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: inspirational, life, philosophy
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Why is there ever this perverse cruelty in humankind, that makes us hurt most those we love best?”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: cruel, god, human, hurt, love, pain
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “All knowledge is worth having.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: inspiration, life, philosophy
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  • #6
    Jacqueline Carey
    “Love as thou wilt”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: love
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: mischief
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
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  • #11
    Jacqueline Carey
    “There is no fulfillment that is not made sweeter for the prolonging of desire”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: desire, lust
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Oh love and hate are two sides of the same blade”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: hate, love
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: choice, crossroads, wait
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  • #14
    Jacqueline Carey
    “Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Yes my lord, but questions are dangerous, for they have answers”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: truth
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “If you will not die for us, you cannot ask us to die for you.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: battle, loyalty, war
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  • #17
    Jacqueline Carey
    “If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice as cruel. ”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: love
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “We speak of stories ending, when in truth it is we who end. The stories go on and on.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar
    tags: thelesis-de-mornay
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “To have a traitor for an ally is to have an enemy in waiting”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: enemy
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  • #21
    Jacqueline Carey
    “There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: circle, life, patterns, theme
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Only insofar as you enjoy being sorry, my dear, which, while it is a considerable amount, occurs only after the fact, thus making it a singularly ineffective deterrent, yes?”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
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  • #23
    Jacqueline Carey
    “To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Chosen
    tags: blame, taint, treachery
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  • #24
    Jacqueline Carey
    “I had begun to think my ripening body would wither untasted on the vine.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
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  • #25
    Jacqueline Carey
    “What is fear but courage's shadow?”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Avatar
    tags: inspirational, jacqueline-carey, kushiel-s-avatar
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    Jacqueline Carey
    “Like a falling star, he descended on the Tarbh Cró, a Cassiline berserker, his sword biting and slashing like a silver snake.”
    ― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Dart
    tags: battle, joscelin
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  • #27
    P.L. Nunn
    “You came after me. Against the geas, you came after me.”

    He felt the shifting of muscle behind him as Bloodraven shrugged. “You ride like a pregnant woman. I feared for the horse.”
    ― P. L. Nunn
    tags: humor
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  • #28
    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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  • #29
    William W. Purkey
    “You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
    Love like you'll never be hurt,
    Sing like there's nobody listening,
    And live like it's heaven on earth.”
    ― William W. Purkey
    tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing
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  • #30
    Albert Einstein
    “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe
    148386 likes



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