Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
access agent huge literary tremendous work
Having a literary agent makes a huge difference in submitting work. My agent has access and tremendous passion.
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.
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
world doe perceive
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.
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.
hands fool given
I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand.
genius audience
Genius requires an audience.
world comfort trouble
It is a comfort, in anguish, to be reminded of the scale of one's own troubles against the mighty breadth of the world.