Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline Carey
Jacqueline A. Carey is an American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
father struggle mean
We may not have demon fathers dangling offers of infernal power before us, but everyone understands what it means to struggle with temptation or resist the urge to give in to our baser natures.
grief soul tears
Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul.
pain eternal
Pain obliterates everything else. In pain, there is only the eternal present.
pain awareness reminders
Pain redeems all. It is the awareness of life, a reminder of death.
decision choices return
And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one chooses wrongly, the choice cannot be unmade.
errors suits problem
That was the problem ... with trusting to the written word ... We were human, mortal and fallible. We forgot, we made errors, argued ambiguities, and twisted meanings to suit our own ends. And in doing so, mayhap we reshaped the gods themselves.
silence deception noise
There is as much deception in noise as there is in silence
lying wells hard
I preferred a hard truth to a well-meant lie.
mean doe sound
The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.
military everyday oath
It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you
war endure comes-and-goes
Wars come and go; politics endure.
too-much enough lord
My lord. It is too much, and not enough
youth spontaneity provinces
Spontaneity is the province of youth
despair companion
It's funny how despair can soon become an old companion