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Jacqueline Carey is a renowned American fantasy author born in 1964. Her works are known for their rich imagination, profound themes, and unique narrative style. Carey's fantasy series 'Kushiel's Legacy' is particularly popular among readers, blending elements of politics, love, and religion to create complex character relationships and a grand world view.

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“For this too I learned, that a storyteller's tale may end, but history goes on always. These events, so distant in legend, play a part in shaping the very events we witness about us, each and every day.”

May Ends Play Events Goes On Tales Witness Legends Storyteller

Book:Kushiel's Dart

Source: Kushiel's Dart

“Battle for the sake of honor may be a fine thing for bards to sing of, but it is no way to preserve one's homeland”

Way May Fine Honor Battle Sake Preserves Homeland Fine Things Bards

Book:Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel

Source: Kushiel's Chosen: A Novel

“There are those who do not hold that there is any innate goodness to mankind. To them I say, had you lived my life, you would not believe it. I have known the depths to which mortals are capable of descending, and I have seen the heights. I have seen how kindness and compassion may grow in the unlikeliest of places, as the mountain flower forces its way through the stern rock.”

Source: Kushiel’s Legacy: (Kushiel's Dart, Kushiel's Chosen, Kushiel's Avatar)

“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.”

Giving May Mean Father Struggle Offers Temptation Demon Urges

Author:Jacqueline Carey

“Fear and lies fester in darkness. The truth may wound, but it cuts clean.”

May Lying Darkness Cutting Clean Wounds

Book:Kushiel's Avatar

Source: Kushiel's Avatar

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Born: 1964
Known for: Author
Quotes: 128

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Kushiel's DartRelated source material

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La prescelta e l'eredeRelated source material

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Kushiel's Scion: Treason's Heir: Book OneRelated source material

Kushiel's Mercy: Treason's Heir: Book ThreeRelated source material

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