I've learned that generosity is far easier than justice and that, in the highly distorted markets of the poor, it is all too easy to veer only toward the charitable, to have low--or no--expectations for low-income people. This does nothing but reaffirm prejudices on all sides.


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And having once chosen, never to seek to return to the crossroads of that decision-for even if one c...
JACQUELINE CAREY
Stand at the crossroads if you will, but if you'll not choose, I'll move on without you
JACQUELINE CAREY
Goddammit! How does the world keep spinning with women on the planet?"

Ian St. John in TH...
JACQUELINE LATOURRETTE
The lower a human being descends, the more asleep and inhumane he becomes. Those beings that lack Co...
JACQUELINE RIPSTEIN
I'm usually working either on a picture book and a young adult book, or a middle grade book and ...
JACQUELINE WOODSON
My favorite way to unwind is to go for a walk with my husband and the dog at the end of the working ...
JACQUELINE WINSPEAR
It's become a fact of life, especially if you're in a public place such as a store. A lot of people ...
JACQUELINE WHITMORE
It's funny, how one can look back on a sorrow one thought one might well die of at the time, and kno...
JACQUELINE CAREY
You don't lose a partner you've been with for 30-odd years and just wake up one day with a smile.
JACQUELINE SAUVAGEAU
In comedy, if you don't have the right tuning with your co-actor, the humour can fall flat.
JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ
Sidonie, I know you don't remember it, but you once promised to trust me beyond all reason. And I sw...
JACQUELINE CAREY
It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you
JACQUELINE CAREY
Hear, hear.' Sister Martha hoisted her water glass. 'Let the rigid stick of self-righteousness be di...
JACQUELINE CAREY
Love as thou wilt. They are fools, who reckon Elua a soft god, fit only for the worship of starry-ey...
JACQUELINE CAREY
couples. Their duties done, they had eyes only for each other, locking glances and smiling deeply; t...
JACQUELINE CAREY
In love, howsoever it is manifest, we are greater than the sum of our parts.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Io sono Phèdre nó Delaunay de Montrève, e sono unica.
JACQUELINE CAREY
They are fools, who reckon Elua a soft god, fit only for the worship of starry-eyed lovers. Let the ...
JACQUELINE CAREY
in the arts of covertcy, it is death to second-guess oneself.
JACQUELINE CAREY
The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Spontaneity is the province of youth
JACQUELINE CAREY
One must gauge one's trust carefully.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Grief heals ... unshed tears fester like a canker in the soul.
JACQUELINE CAREY
My lord. It is too much, and not enough
JACQUELINE CAREY
To recongnize that the treachery of one member of a house does not taint all born within it
JACQUELINE CAREY
I wish sometimes that the gods would either choose better, or make their wishes clearer
JACQUELINE CAREY
There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of ...
JACQUELINE CAREY
The pain of the flesh is naught to that of the heart
JACQUELINE CAREY
Let the warriors clamor after gods of blood and thunder; love is hard, harder than steel and thrice ...
JACQUELINE CAREY
Your dreaming self seeks to tell you something your waking ears will not hear
JACQUELINE CAREY
All paths are present, always... and we can but choose among them.
JACQUELINE CAREY
Love as thou wilt
JACQUELINE CAREY
That's a curious paradox that I don't think a lot of people out there know; that you get rea...
JACQUELINE MCKENZIE
To live without risk for me would be tantamount to death.
JACQUELINE COCHRAN
I never know, when I start writing a story, what's going to happen, or how it will all get sorte...
JACQUELINE WOODSON
I have a very active team who works with me when it comes to my styling and putting together a look.
JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ
Actresses are usually either the love interest or the glam quotient in a movie, but I play a strong ...
JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ
I find cooking very sensual. I love getting in there with my hands instead of utensils. With all of ...
JACQUELINE OBRADORS
I've come to the conclusion that liking a person we are required to have dealings with is not of par...
JACQUELINE WINSPEAR
The obvious pollution occurring in many places - worst of all, in the planned societies- has encoura...
JACQUELINE KASUN
That night, when SanJuanna had cleared the main course and brought dessert in, my mother called for ...
JACQUELINE KELLY
Lula," I said, "do you ever think about getting married?"
I guess I do. Doesn't everybody?"
JACQUELINE KELLY
With a true masterpiece, there are no words required. Discourse is rendered redundant. That's why th...
JACQUELINE WINSPEAR
Hell in life indicates a state of suffering, of agony, of torture (by others, by circumstances, or b...
JACQUELINE RIPSTEIN
The Invisible World reveals to us this Truth within its silence.
JACQUELINE RIPSTEIN
These awards provide an opportunity for children to thank the adults that have had a positive impact...
JACQUELINE WILSON
I feel the city let us down by not informing us. I don't think the tower should be put over here. It...
JACQUELINE WILSON
Winning the Guardian prize is a wonderful reward for any writer. It is such a distinguished award, ....
JACQUELINE WILSON
While some of my other books have sold more widely, Midnight seems to be the most passionately loved...
JACQUELINE WILSON
I particularly like the fact that there is no set list of books. Whatever books children choose coun...
JACQUELINE WILSON
I try to have reasonably happy endings because I would hate any child to be cast down in gloom and d...
JACQUELINE WILSON
There are stray dogs running around that are very vicious. I'm very upset and I'm hopping there is s...
JACQUELINE WILLIAMS
This is one of our favorite spots. I guess we'll have to find a new place. We don't really have favo...
JACQUELINE WILLIAMS
She definitely brings our morale up. We have a lot of confidence with her on the mound. She means so...
JACQUELINE WILLIAMS