Kushiel's Mercy Quotes

“Happiness is the highest form of wisdom.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“It is not wise to meddle with D'Angelines in matters of love.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“I would that I could have stopped time and preserved that day forever. It was a perfect day. There was the shadow of sorrow, yes. It would always be there. But that was the nature of life. The bright mirror and the dark, reflecting one another. And today there was so much brightness.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I swear to you that all that I am, all that I possess, including this gem-stone, is yours. I need you. I can't do this alone. Forget your memories. Look into your heart. And if you can find somewhere there, some lingering spark of trust that owes naught to reason, I beg you to speak the word written here.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“Her always is mine”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“Nothing like truth to leaven a good lie.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“You’ve touched a good many lives, Imriel,” Sidonie observed. “A good many lives have touched mine,” I said in reply.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“Poets in their chambers began to scribble notes.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“the gods answer our prayers sideways at best.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“a strange mood settled over the City: proud, defiant, hostile, despairing. All of these things at once. War was coming.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“I aspire to wisdom, my lady. I do not believe I possess it, not yet. But my lord Ptolemy Solon holds that happiness is the highest form of wisdom.” I made a broad gesture. “Today the sun is shining and we are engaged in a pleasant pursuit in the company of friends. If that is wisdom, let us be content.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Kushiel's Mercy

“É mais duro ver outro sofrer do que suportarmos nós o sofrimento.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Avatar de Kushiel