Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop
Anne Bishop is an American fantasy writer. Her most noted work is the Black Jewels series. She won the Crawford Award in 2000 for the first three Black Jewels books, sometimes called the Black Jewels trilogy: Daughter of the Blood, Heir to the Shadows, and Queen of the Darkness...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
ambition responsibility tears
It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always.
pay willing
Everything has a price. It's just what your willing to pay for it.
expression white annoyed
Smoke says the beef is much better than the squawky white birds. Her expression changed from annoyed to dismayed. Squawky white birds? Chickens? You ate Mrs. Beale's chickens?Smoke whined apologetically.Saetan leaned back in his chair. Oh, it was so satisfying to see her thrown off stride. I'm sure Mrs. Beale was delighted to feed a guest - even if she wasn't aware of it, he added dryly, remembering too well his cook's reaction when she learned about the missing hens.
mean-girls bird tonight
Okay. I picked up a movie to watch tonight. You can watch it with me if you like. It's a chick movie. Merri Lee said that means girls like it, not that there are small birds in it.
soul body scar
I can heal the scars on your body, but I can’t heal the scars of the soul. Not yours, not mine. You have to learn to live with them. You have to choose to live beyond them
lying thinking sitting
A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think.
land people misunderstood
That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!
inspirational teacher teaching
Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.
enemy fool would-be
I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.
pain men
Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.
men thinking lack-of-love
Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it." - Daemon
people evil good-and-evil
We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now.
mother song eye
Lucivar winced. "She guzzled half the flask — and it wasn't one of his home brews, it was the concoction you created." Jaenelle’s eyes widened. “You let her drink a ‘gravedigger’?” “No no no,” Wilhelmina said, shaking her head. “You shouldn’t ever drink a gravedigger until he’s had a bath.” She smiled placidly when Jaenelle and Lucivar just stared at her. “Mother Night,” Lucivar muttered. “Do you know that song?” Wilhelmina asked Jaenelle.
painful glorious
She was the most painful, most glorious dance of his life