Top 400 C.S. Pacat Quotes (2024 Update)
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C.S. Pacat Quote: “You were looking for me?’ Laurent didn’t answer, and Damen couldn’t interpret his expression. ‘What is it?’ said Damen. ‘You’re better than I am.’ Damen couldn’t help his amused breath of reaction to that, or the long, scrolling look from Laurent’s head to his toes and back again, which was probably a little insulting. But really. Laurent.”

351. “You were looking for me?’ Laurent didn’t answer, and Damen couldn’t interpret his expression. ‘What is it?’ said Damen. ‘You’re better than I am.’ Damen couldn’t help his amused breath of reaction to that, or the long, scrolling look from Laurent’s head to his toes and back again, which was probably a little insulting. But really. Laurent.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “That is how Akielons win wars, isn’t it? Why fight the whole army, when you can just – Damen.”

352. “That is how Akielons win wars, isn’t it? Why fight the whole army, when you can just – Damen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He said it to Laurent. Laurent said that from this moment on, any Veretian who struck an Akielon would be executed. He trusted the honour of the Akielons, he said. Only a coward hit a man who wasn’t allowed to hit back. It.”

353. “He said it to Laurent. Laurent said that from this moment on, any Veretian who struck an Akielon would be executed. He trusted the honour of the Akielons, he said. Only a coward hit a man who wasn’t allowed to hit back. It.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “You were right about Kastor,’ Damen said. It was all he said. ‘I.”

354. “You were right about Kastor,’ Damen said. It was all he said. ‘I.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He wasn’t sure how it would be, but when Laurent saw who was beside him, he smiled, the expression a little shy but completely genuine. Damen, who hadn’t been expecting it, felt the single painful beat of his heart. He’d never thought Laurent could look like that at anyone.”

355. “He wasn’t sure how it would be, but when Laurent saw who was beside him, he smiled, the expression a little shy but completely genuine. Damen, who hadn’t been expecting it, felt the single painful beat of his heart. He’d never thought Laurent could look like that at anyone.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Laurent’s fair skin and blue eyes were a combination that was rare in Patras, rarer in Akielos, and a particular weakness of Damen’s.”

356. “Laurent’s fair skin and blue eyes were a combination that was rare in Patras, rarer in Akielos, and a particular weakness of Damen’s.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He loved the way that Laurent kissed, as if Damen was the only person that he had ever kissed, or would ever want to.”

357. “He loved the way that Laurent kissed, as if Damen was the only person that he had ever kissed, or would ever want to.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I knew in the palace, when they dragged you in front of me,’ said Laurent. The words continued, steady, relentless. ‘I knew in the baths when I ordered you flayed. I knew – ’ ‘At Ravenel?’ said Damen. Drawing.”

358. “I knew in the palace, when they dragged you in front of me,’ said Laurent. The words continued, steady, relentless. ‘I knew in the baths when I ordered you flayed. I knew – ’ ‘At Ravenel?’ said Damen. Drawing.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Laurent had known who he was, and had still made love to him. He wondered what mix of yearning and self-delusion had allowed Laurent to do that. He.”

359. “Laurent had known who he was, and had still made love to him. He wondered what mix of yearning and self-delusion had allowed Laurent to do that. He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Damen spent two fruitless hours with Nikandros trying to plot a course that could sneak two wagons across the border without alerting patrols, and another fruitless hour alone staring at the map, until Laurent wandered in and outlined a plan so outrageous that Damen had said yes with the feeling that his mind was splitting apart. They.”

360. “Damen spent two fruitless hours with Nikandros trying to plot a course that could sneak two wagons across the border without alerting patrols, and another fruitless hour alone staring at the map, until Laurent wandered in and outlined a plan so outrageous that Damen had said yes with the feeling that his mind was splitting apart. They.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Nikandros in the warm summer evening, saying, ‘Take a slave.’ Damen said, ‘No.’ He.”

361. “Nikandros in the warm summer evening, saying, ‘Take a slave.’ Damen said, ‘No.’ He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I’ll stay,’ said Damen. ‘You know I’ll stay for as long as you – ’ ‘Don’t,’ said Laurent. ‘Don’t lie to me. Not you.’ ‘I’ll stay,’ said Damen. ‘Three days. After that, I ride south.’ Laurent.”

362. “I’ll stay,’ said Damen. ‘You know I’ll stay for as long as you – ’ ‘Don’t,’ said Laurent. ‘Don’t lie to me. Not you.’ ‘I’ll stay,’ said Damen. ‘Three days. After that, I ride south.’ Laurent.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Ravenel’s forces on the hill began to split into a widening v-shape. ‘They’re moving to flank us. Have they mistaken us for an enemy troop?’ said Jord, confused. ‘No,’ said Laurent. ‘There is still a path open to us, to the north,’ said Damen. ‘No,’ said Laurent. A.”

363. “Ravenel’s forces on the hill began to split into a widening v-shape. ‘They’re moving to flank us. Have they mistaken us for an enemy troop?’ said Jord, confused. ‘No,’ said Laurent. ‘There is still a path open to us, to the north,’ said Damen. ‘No,’ said Laurent. A.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He knew what he had to do. Against every rebelling instinct, he forced himself forward, and dropped to his knees before Laurent. “I fight in your service, Your Highness.” He searched his memory for Radel’s words, and found them. “I exist only to please my Prince. May my victory reflect on your glory.” He.”

364. “He knew what he had to do. Against every rebelling instinct, he forced himself forward, and dropped to his knees before Laurent. “I fight in your service, Your Highness.” He searched his memory for Radel’s words, and found them. “I exist only to please my Prince. May my victory reflect on your glory.” He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “It feels like more when you argue with me on points of honour.’ ‘I want you to know,’ said Damen, carefully, ‘that I haven’t done anything to encourage the idea that I – that you and I – ’ ‘If I thought you had, I’d have had you tied to a post and flogged until your front matched your back.’ There.”

365. “It feels like more when you argue with me on points of honour.’ ‘I want you to know,’ said Damen, carefully, ‘that I haven’t done anything to encourage the idea that I – that you and I – ’ ‘If I thought you had, I’d have had you tied to a post and flogged until your front matched your back.’ There.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Let me in,’ he said, and Laurent made a new sound, his head dropped between his shoulder blades, his breath ribboning out of him. ‘Let me inside you.’ There was some give, and he pushed, slowly. He felt every inch, as the room faded into sensation. There was only the feel of it, the slide of his chest against Laurent’s back, the dip of Laurent’s head, and the sweat-damp hair at the nape of Laurent’s neck. Damen.”

366. “Let me in,’ he said, and Laurent made a new sound, his head dropped between his shoulder blades, his breath ribboning out of him. ‘Let me inside you.’ There was some give, and he pushed, slowly. He felt every inch, as the room faded into sensation. There was only the feel of it, the slide of his chest against Laurent’s back, the dip of Laurent’s head, and the sweat-damp hair at the nape of Laurent’s neck. Damen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I’m looking forward to a renewed relationship with Vere, after his ascension.” Because he’s bewitched you, Damen thought. Because you’re moonstruck and you have no idea of his nature. “You.”

367. “I’m looking forward to a renewed relationship with Vere, after his ascension.” Because he’s bewitched you, Damen thought. Because you’re moonstruck and you have no idea of his nature. “You.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He was not inclined to believe that cruelty delivered with one hand was redeemed by a caress from the other, if that’s even what this was.”

368. “He was not inclined to believe that cruelty delivered with one hand was redeemed by a caress from the other, if that’s even what this was.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He saw the man see all of that first, and then he saw the man see him. ‘The last time we spoke, the apricots were in season,’ said Damen, in Akielon. ‘We walked in the night garden, and you took my arm and gave me counsel, and I did not listen.’ And.”

369. “He saw the man see all of that first, and then he saw the man see him. ‘The last time we spoke, the apricots were in season,’ said Damen, in Akielon. ‘We walked in the night garden, and you took my arm and gave me counsel, and I did not listen.’ And.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “You’re still wearing it.’ He couldn’t help but say it. Laurent’s wrist was heavy with gold, like the colour of his hair in the firelight. ‘So are you.”

370. “You’re still wearing it.’ He couldn’t help but say it. Laurent’s wrist was heavy with gold, like the colour of his hair in the firelight. ‘So are you.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “What really happened to make Kastor send you here? I know it was not a lover’s quarrel,’ said Laurent. As.”

371. “What really happened to make Kastor send you here? I know it was not a lover’s quarrel,’ said Laurent. As.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Nikandros went to one knee; not spontaneously as he had done in the courtyard, but deliberately, bending his head. ‘The fort is yours,’ Nikandros said. ‘My King.’ King. The.”

372. “Nikandros went to one knee; not spontaneously as he had done in the courtyard, but deliberately, bending his head. ‘The fort is yours,’ Nikandros said. ‘My King.’ King. The.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “It took me until I was nine to realise he was letting me win. I just thought I had a very fast pony.”

373. “It took me until I was nine to realise he was letting me win. I just thought I had a very fast pony.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “If he was aware of anything beyond the fight, it was of an absence, a lack that persisted. The flashes of brilliance, the insouciant sword work, the bright presence at his side was instead a gap, half filled by Nikandros’s steadier, more practical style.”

374. “If he was aware of anything beyond the fight, it was of an absence, a lack that persisted. The flashes of brilliance, the insouciant sword work, the bright presence at his side was instead a gap, half filled by Nikandros’s steadier, more practical style.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “If you are concerned that my memory for wrongs against me is longer than ten months,′ said Laurent, ’there’s no need for anxiety. I am sure you can persuade me you were genuinely mistaken.”

375. “If you are concerned that my memory for wrongs against me is longer than ten months,′ said Laurent, ’there’s no need for anxiety. I am sure you can persuade me you were genuinely mistaken.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Together we can do what we cannot do apart.”

376. “Together we can do what we cannot do apart.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Dear Charls. Whatever will you do with your own Kemptian silk? It will spoil on the road.’ ‘We aren’t carrying any Kemptian silk,’ said the Prince. It took a moment for those words to be understood, and then Makon’s expression changed. ‘Oh, did you think we were? I’m afraid you undercut yourself for no reason.’ A look of fury had appeared on Makon’s face. The Prince said, ‘A little healthy competition.’ Dinner.”

377. “Dear Charls. Whatever will you do with your own Kemptian silk? It will spoil on the road.’ ‘We aren’t carrying any Kemptian silk,’ said the Prince. It took a moment for those words to be understood, and then Makon’s expression changed. ‘Oh, did you think we were? I’m afraid you undercut yourself for no reason.’ A look of fury had appeared on Makon’s face. The Prince said, ‘A little healthy competition.’ Dinner.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “We’ll make another kind of empire.”

378. “We’ll make another kind of empire.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “By that time, Damen had received the tally of the dead: twelve hundred of us, six and a half thousand of them. He.”

379. “By that time, Damen had received the tally of the dead: twelve hundred of us, six and a half thousand of them. He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I – ’ ‘Say it.’ ‘I’m going to leave tomorrow,’ said Damen, as steadily as he could. ‘I’m not going to come back.’ He drew in a breath that hurt his chest. ‘Laurent – ’ ‘No, I don’t care. Tomorrow you leave. But you’re mine now. You’re still my slave tonight.’ Damen.”

380. “I – ’ ‘Say it.’ ‘I’m going to leave tomorrow,’ said Damen, as steadily as he could. ‘I’m not going to come back.’ He drew in a breath that hurt his chest. ‘Laurent – ’ ‘No, I don’t care. Tomorrow you leave. But you’re mine now. You’re still my slave tonight.’ Damen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “The extent to which she and Laurent resembled each other, in colouring, in their cool, intellectual lack of emotion, in the detachment with which they regarded one another, was both unnerving and extraordinary. She.”

381. “The extent to which she and Laurent resembled each other, in colouring, in their cool, intellectual lack of emotion, in the detachment with which they regarded one another, was both unnerving and extraordinary. She.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Lamen was relegated to a small three-legged stool at the table end. Servants.”

382. “Lamen was relegated to a small three-legged stool at the table end. Servants.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Laurent, six years ago, when I fought Auguste, I – ’ ‘Don’t you say his name.’ The words were forced out of Laurent. ‘Don’t you ever say his name, you killed my brother.’ Laurent.”

383. “Laurent, six years ago, when I fought Auguste, I – ’ ‘Don’t you say his name.’ The words were forced out of Laurent. ‘Don’t you ever say his name, you killed my brother.’ Laurent.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “It’s morning,’ said Laurent. ‘We slept?’ ‘We slept,’ said Damen. They were gazing at one another. He held himself still as Laurent reached out and touched the plane of his chest. Despite the rising sun they were kissing, slow, fantastic kisses, the wonderful drift of hands. Their legs tangled together. He ignored the feeling inside him and closed his eyes. ‘Your.”

384. “It’s morning,’ said Laurent. ‘We slept?’ ‘We slept,’ said Damen. They were gazing at one another. He held himself still as Laurent reached out and touched the plane of his chest. Despite the rising sun they were kissing, slow, fantastic kisses, the wonderful drift of hands. Their legs tangled together. He ignored the feeling inside him and closed his eyes. ‘Your.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “The strongest move you can make right now is to take Fortaine. It will give you full control of the south. With Ravenel, Fortaine and Acquitart you’ll hold Vere’s southern trade routes to Akielos as well as to Patras. You already hold the southern routes to Vask, and Fortaine gives you access to a port. You’ll have everything you need to launch a northern campaign.’ There.”

385. “The strongest move you can make right now is to take Fortaine. It will give you full control of the south. With Ravenel, Fortaine and Acquitart you’ll hold Vere’s southern trade routes to Akielos as well as to Patras. You already hold the southern routes to Vask, and Fortaine gives you access to a port. You’ll have everything you need to launch a northern campaign.’ There.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I’m to give this to the fort Commander,’ and he was urgently pressing something into Damen’s hand. Damen stared at it. Behind him, the Akielon army was approaching. In his hand was a hard loop of metal set with a carved gemstone, the etching a starburst. He was looking at Laurent’s signet ring. He.”

386. “I’m to give this to the fort Commander,’ and he was urgently pressing something into Damen’s hand. Damen stared at it. Behind him, the Akielon army was approaching. In his hand was a hard loop of metal set with a carved gemstone, the etching a starburst. He was looking at Laurent’s signet ring. He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Nikandros came to stand beside him. ‘Jokaste is confined in a cell in the east wing. Do you have further orders?’ ‘Strip her and send her to Vere as a slave?’ Damen didn’t move from the sill. Nikandros said, ‘You don’t really want that.’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘I want it to be worse.’ He.”

387. “Nikandros came to stand beside him. ‘Jokaste is confined in a cell in the east wing. Do you have further orders?’ ‘Strip her and send her to Vere as a slave?’ Damen didn’t move from the sill. Nikandros said, ‘You don’t really want that.’ ‘No,’ he said. ‘I want it to be worse.’ He.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “You will accompany me,’ said Laurent, ’in lieu of a guard, and we leave at dusk. And that is as far as I will bend on this subject. Any further opining from you will not meet with a loving reception.”

388. “You will accompany me,’ said Laurent, ’in lieu of a guard, and we leave at dusk. And that is as far as I will bend on this subject. Any further opining from you will not meet with a loving reception.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “I don’t know how this interrogation found its way into my bed. May I ask where I can expect it to travel next?”

389. “I don’t know how this interrogation found its way into my bed. May I ask where I can expect it to travel next?”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Charcy is won.’ ‘I thought it would be.’ He made himself breathe through that. ‘Your men think you’re a coward. Nikandros thinks that you deceived us. That you sent us to Charcy, and left us there to die by your uncle’s sword.’ ‘And is that what you think?’ said Laurent. ‘No.’ Damen said, ‘Nikandros doesn’t know you.’ ‘And you do.’ Damen.”

390. “Charcy is won.’ ‘I thought it would be.’ He made himself breathe through that. ‘Your men think you’re a coward. Nikandros thinks that you deceived us. That you sent us to Charcy, and left us there to die by your uncle’s sword.’ ‘And is that what you think?’ said Laurent. ‘No.’ Damen said, ‘Nikandros doesn’t know you.’ ‘And you do.’ Damen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Not everyone could have the blissful equanimity of Lamen, who seemed to pay the Prince no deference of rank, a piece of very good acting. Charls.”

391. “Not everyone could have the blissful equanimity of Lamen, who seemed to pay the Prince no deference of rank, a piece of very good acting. Charls.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He let his lips form a half-smile. ‘You aren’t going to offer me one of your gaudy Veretian handkerchiefs?’ ‘You could use the clothing you’re wearing. It’s about the same size.’ ‘Your poor Veretian sensibilities. All those wrists and ankles.’ ‘And arms and thighs and every other part.’ ‘My.”

392. “He let his lips form a half-smile. ‘You aren’t going to offer me one of your gaudy Veretian handkerchiefs?’ ‘You could use the clothing you’re wearing. It’s about the same size.’ ‘Your poor Veretian sensibilities. All those wrists and ankles.’ ‘And arms and thighs and every other part.’ ‘My.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Quietly, seriously, Laurent outlined the state of play as he saw it, describing his plans and his contingencies. Damen realised that Laurent was letting him in to a part of himself he had never shared before, and he found himself drawn in to the political complexities, even as the experience felt new, and a little revelatory. Laurent never opened his thoughts like this, but always kept his planning intensely private, making his decisions alone. When.”

393. “Quietly, seriously, Laurent outlined the state of play as he saw it, describing his plans and his contingencies. Damen realised that Laurent was letting him in to a part of himself he had never shared before, and he found himself drawn in to the political complexities, even as the experience felt new, and a little revelatory. Laurent never opened his thoughts like this, but always kept his planning intensely private, making his decisions alone. When.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “It’s not a trick,’ said Laurent. ‘You’d let me go,’ said Damen. This time it was Laurent who was silent, gazing back at him. Damen said, ‘And – until then?’ ‘Until then, you are my slave, and I am your Prince, and that is how it is between us.”

394. “It’s not a trick,’ said Laurent. ‘You’d let me go,’ said Damen. This time it was Laurent who was silent, gazing back at him. Damen said, ‘And – until then?’ ‘Until then, you are my slave, and I am your Prince, and that is how it is between us.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “In my culture, it is customary to reward for good service,’ said Laurent, after a long pause. ‘Is there something you want?’ ‘You know what I want,’ said Damen. ‘I am not going to release you,’ said Laurent. ‘Ask for something short of that.’ ‘Take.”

395. “In my culture, it is customary to reward for good service,’ said Laurent, after a long pause. ‘Is there something you want?’ ‘You know what I want,’ said Damen. ‘I am not going to release you,’ said Laurent. ‘Ask for something short of that.’ ‘Take.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He knew that he was vulnerable to her in this state, that her expertise, like Laurent’s, was in finding weakness and pressing down. He looked over at Laurent and said, flatly, ‘Deal with it.’ Laurent.”

396. “He knew that he was vulnerable to her in this state, that her expertise, like Laurent’s, was in finding weakness and pressing down. He looked over at Laurent and said, flatly, ‘Deal with it.’ Laurent.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “He waited, not turning away from what it meant, now, to be King. If he could give Laurent up, he could do this. Nikandros.”

397. “He waited, not turning away from what it meant, now, to be King. If he could give Laurent up, he could do this. Nikandros.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Damen let out a breath. Laurent, he realised suddenly, wasn’t playing them against one another. He was playing to Nikandros. There was a dangerous expertise in all of this; in knowing how far Nikandros’s loyalty might be stretched, and what would keep it from snapping. Laurent’s presence in the room was almost tangible. ‘Listen.”

398. “Damen let out a breath. Laurent, he realised suddenly, wasn’t playing them against one another. He was playing to Nikandros. There was a dangerous expertise in all of this; in knowing how far Nikandros’s loyalty might be stretched, and what would keep it from snapping. Laurent’s presence in the room was almost tangible. ‘Listen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Laurent looked like what he was: a young man. When laced into his clothing, Laurent’s dangerous grace lent him an almost androgynous quality. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that it was rare to associate Laurent with a physical body at all: you were always dealing with a mind. Even when fighting in battle, driving his horse to some impossible feat, the body was under the control of the mind. Damen.”

399. “Laurent looked like what he was: a young man. When laced into his clothing, Laurent’s dangerous grace lent him an almost androgynous quality. Or perhaps it was more accurate to say that it was rare to associate Laurent with a physical body at all: you were always dealing with a mind. Even when fighting in battle, driving his horse to some impossible feat, the body was under the control of the mind. Damen.”

C.S. Pacat Quote: “Like a lie, cracking and dropping from him. He looked at the gleam of the gold where Guerin placed it, halved, on the workbench. Veretian shackles. In the curve of its metal was every humiliation of his time in this country, every frustration at Veretian confinement, every indignity of an Akielon serving a Veretian master. Except that it was Kastor who had put the collar on him, and Laurent who was freeing him. It.”

400. “Like a lie, cracking and dropping from him. He looked at the gleam of the gold where Guerin placed it, halved, on the workbench. Veretian shackles. In the curve of its metal was every humiliation of his time in this country, every frustration at Veretian confinement, every indignity of an Akielon serving a Veretian master. Except that it was Kastor who had put the collar on him, and Laurent who was freeing him. It.”

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