Naamah's Kiss Quotes

“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.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“I seek words of such surpassing beauty that they might melt the hardest heart of stone.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Without plenty, the wealthy lack compassion for the poor, hoarding without sharing. Without law, the strong bully the weak, stealing by force.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Always, he whispered. The gods do not always answer, but they are always listening.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Empty yourself of everything,” he said. “Let your mind rest at peace. Ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches. They grow and flourish and return to the source. Returning to the source is stillness, which is the way of nature. The way of nature is unchanging. Practice your breathing and think upon this, Moirin.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?” “I don’t know, my lady,” I murmured. “I suppose it depends on who is telling the tale.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“It was a truth of the heart and it owed nothing to reason.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Ambition untempered by caution is like a river in flood. It leaps from its natural channels to forge the shortest course, and it sweeps away all in its path. Do not get swept away,”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“It’s not wise to trust a poet with one’s secrets, but it’s not wise to cross them, either,”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“Talk is healing. It’s the unexamined wound that festers.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“I accepted the commission because the couturieres of Atelier Favrielle relish a challenge more than we fear ought else.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“It all seemed very unfair. I’d never asked for a destiny”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“It occurred to me, trying not to hobble in my too-tight slippers, that attire was another form of concealment.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“I bid you to aid one another. Let the wealthy have charity for the poor. Let the strong have mercy on the weak. And I promise, if we are victorious, such a time shall never come again.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss

“What you are witnessing is the face of war a great ruler seldom sees, my lady,” Master Lo Feng said to her. Her veiled face turned his way, listening. “No matter how righteous the cause, no matter who wins, the commonfolk suffer. Without plenty, the wealthy lack compassion for the poor, hoarding without sharing. Without law, the strong bully the weak, stealing by force. People will go hungry. Some will starve. Men and women will be forced to choose between feeding their parents and their children.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Kiss