"All knowledge is worth having"

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Source : Jacqueline Carey (2007). “Kushiel's Avatar”, Macmillan

Jacqueline Carey

#Philosophy Quotes

“The middle years are ones in which children increasingly face conflicts on their own,... One of the truths to be faced by parentsduring this period is that they cannot do the work of living and relating for their children. They can be sounding boards and they can probe with the children the consequences of alternative actions.”
“Well, my transition into being a captain was easy.”
“On Furnishing One's Home - Pick your furniture like you pick a wife; it should make you feel comfortable and look nice, but not so nice that if someone walks past it they want to steal it.”
“I didn't really have anyone in particular who inspired me or that I found fascinating as a kid. It wasn't until I was in my early twenties that I began to find people - and they were all historic figures - that I began to relate to and find some inspiration in.”
“I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.”
“I didn't feel I belonged in so perfect a family.”
“In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.”
“The slums are not a place of despair. Its inhabitants are all working towards a better life.”

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