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Portrait of C.S. Pacat

C.S. Pacat

(1949) Writer

438 quotes in 149 categories

C.S. Pacat’s 438 quotations capture a writer who thrives on witty banter and bold world‑building. Her lines often flip expectations, delivering both humor and poignant critique. This selection offers a concise taste of her distinctive narrative style and the thematic threads that run through her stories.

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C.S. Pacat is a writer.

Quick Facts About C.S. Pacat

Born: November 30, 1949
Profession: Writer

About C.S. Pacat

[Wikidata] Australian writer... | [Wikipedia]

C. S. Pacat is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling Australian author, best known for the Captive Prince trilogy, published by Penguin Random House in 2015.

Quotes by C.S. Pacat

“We’ll make another kind of empire”

Empire

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“going to kill him. When”

Going

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“Damianos, what happened to you?’ Damen”

Happened

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“Why not?’ said Laurent. *”

Prince

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“There’s me,’ said Laurent. *”

Prince

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“Rise,’ said Damen. ‘Old friend.’ He”

Friend

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“Take her away,’ he said. ‘We have the fort.”

Away

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“He didn’t care who Laurent took to bed. He”

Took

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“He has a mind for details, Radel had said. Damen”

Mind

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“To take off the collar required a blacksmith. He”

Collar

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“It can wait. You just won me a fort,’ said Laurent. ‘Let me spoil you a little.’ They”

Prince

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“To get what you want, you have to know exactly how much you are willing to give up.”

Exactly

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“You lied to your uncle to protect me,” he said. Six”

Lied

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“I wish to restate my strong objection,’ said Nikandros. ‘It’s noted,’ said Damen. Damen”

Said Damen

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“He was a prince,’ said Damen. ‘He was a prince and I was just—’ He”

Prince

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“It’s me,’ said Damen. ‘It’s me, here with you. Say my name.’ ‘Damianos.’ He”

Said

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“Lord Touars said, ‘You will come with us willingly, or you will come after we have subjugated your men. You have a…

Come Willingly

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“You’ve outstayed your welcome,’ said Laurent. ‘Don’t do this. If you ride to meet your uncle unprepared you will lose everything you’ve…

Prince

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“Strip him,’ said Laurent. ‘Confiscate his horse and his belongings. Turn him out of the keep. There is a village two miles…

Said Laurent

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“It was her mind, deliberate, calculating, that was the threat, regarding him from behind a pair of cool blue eyes. ‘Hello, Damen,’…

Psychology

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“He remembered Jord saying, You ever wonder what it would feel like to find out you’d spread for your brother’s killer? I…

Think Feel

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“Charcy is claimed for Akielos.’ As he rose, Damen wrapped his hand around its wooden pole and planted it in the earth.…

Nature

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“The constructed arrogance of the display was intentional. It said, exquisitely: Did you exert yourself at Charcy? I have been here examining…

Arrogance

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“He touched the starburst pattern at his shoulder. He was dressed in Laurent’s colours, and bearing his insignia. That was a strange…

Strange feeling

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“You will accompany me,’ said Laurent, ‘in lieu of a guard, and we leave at dusk. And that is as far as…

Accompany

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“Akielon lines had begun to slip and falter. And their general wasn’t the King, it was the twenty-five year old Prince, holding…

Father Said

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“I prefer that,’ said Aimeric, quickly. ‘I mean that I prefer to be part of a company that can fight. I’m a…

Business

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“Damen said, ‘It’s not naive to trust your family.’ ‘I promise you, it is,’ said Laurent. ‘But I wonder, is it less…

Family

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“Damen said, ‘You have every other man working until dawn to prepare for tomorrow’s departure. What am I doing here?’ Another pause,…

Prince

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“His eyes on Damen’s, slowly, he took up one of the tight-laced ties at his throat, and drew on it. The spill…

Prince

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“Hello,” said Damen. “I know that you have somehow arranged this,” said Erasmus. He was incapable of hiding what he felt and…

Happiness

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“Do it, I told you, I don’t care—’ A smash, the unlit oil burner hitting the marble and shattering in the dim…

Shattering

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“Your inclination appears to be much as it was last night.’ Damen found himself saying, ‘You talk the same in bed,’ and…

Better way

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“He could do none of that. But if there was something that Laurent wanted, he could give it to him. He could…

Prince

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“Pallas forced his eyes to the floor. ‘My apologies, Exalted. I came to seek your orders for the morning.’ ‘We’re busy currently.…

Consummated King

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“No one knows I’m here. Which means no one knows you’re here. No one’s going to look, no one’s going to come,…

Eyes Waited

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“His body pulsed, almost climaxing. He barely knew the moment when he pressed Laurent onto his back, the brief sundering, the need…

Time

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“Damen turned his eyes to Laurent. A picture of cool, difficult distance confronted him. Laurent sat in brief conversation, wrist balanced on…

Prince

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“The openness from the baths lingered. Laurent, whose tangle of overthinking usually only disappeared at the moment of climax, had his defences…

Feel Laurent

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“I hear the King of Akielos has sent me a gift,” said the young man, who was Laurent, Prince of Vere. “An…

Prince

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C.S. Pacat by topic

Prince (165) Said Laurent (81) Said Damen (67) Time (35) Laurent Said (26) Damen (19) Damen Said (15) Laurent (13) Said (12) Said Jord (10) Slave (10) Psychology (10) Last night (10) First time (10) Children (10) War (8) Truth (8) Parenting (8) Life (8) Laurent-of-vere (8)