Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
consider fiction mainstream science work
I don't really consider my work, on the whole, 'fringe' in my own mind; science fiction and fantasy have been pretty solidly in the mainstream for a while.
access agent huge literary tremendous work
Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.
loyalty stars pride
We are all these things [...]. Pride, desire, compassion, cleverness, belligerence, fruitfulness, loyalty...and guilt. But above it all stands love. And if we desire to be more than human, that is the star by which we must set our sights.
suffering limits observation
It is my observations, though, that happiness limits the amount of suffering one is willing to inflict upon others
yield weak
Those that yield are not always weak
variation patterns endless
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme
kings fall grace
If I had to fall from Cassiel's grace, at least I know it took a courtesan worthy of Kings to do it.
despair companion
It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion
kindness flower believe
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.
punishment bears fit
And Kushiel sends no punishment that we are not fit to bear.
genius audience
Genius requires an audience.
distance believe fate
There are those who hold that there is a pattern to all that is said and done in this world, that no thing happens without reason nor out of time. As to that, I cannot speak, for I have seen too many threads cut short to believe it, but of a surety, I have seen too the weft of my fate shuttled on the loom. If there is a pattern, I do not think there is anyone among us who can stand at a great enough distance to discern it; yet I will not say that it is not so.
true-friend thinking romance
True friendship must be akin to romance, I think. only without all the anguish and anxiety.
youth spontaneity provinces
Spontaneity is the province of youth