Naamah's Curse Quotes

“I wondered if he could ever understand that it was a blessing, not a sin, to be graced with more than one love.

It could be complicated; of course it could be complicated. And it opened one up to the possibility of more pain and loss.

Still, it was a blessing I would never relinquish. Love, genuine love, was always a cause for joy.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“He is searching for an answer for which no question exists.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“He would welcome the opportunity to offer his suffering up to God. Me, I could not help but think that there was more than enough suffering in the world without adding to the balance.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“That same feather of foreboding brushed along my spine, making me shiver.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“finding brightness in the shadow of sorrow and suffering, weaving the strands of loss and anguish into a fabric of togetherness.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“Believing a thing does not make it true.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“Mayhap Bao was right, and I did fall in love as easily as other people fall out of a boat; but I loved in earnest.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“You are a veritable poet of desire”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“They say the gods use their chosen hard. Apparently, the gods are part of a vast conspiracy to share their chosen, too.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“Stone and sea, the folk of the world hold a great many peculiar beliefs!”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“It takes courage to love.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“My soul might be black with sin, but my flesh was clean.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“And it is possible to love more than one person.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“Do you seek to force hope upon me?” “I do,” I said. He bowed a second time. “I accept it.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse

“You were the most desirable woman I’ve ever seen, and I resented you for it. Foolish, but true.”
― Jacqueline Carey, Naamah's Curse