Caty Rogan > Quotes

“Strength without control is just destruction”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“But I don’t want his apology. I want things to fucking change.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“He smiles at me, and I don’t like it.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I didn’t break my oath. Our oath was never about obedience. It’s about protection”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I didn’t mean to fall in love— I tripped over your slow smile”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Because people need you to live”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Humans can be just as brutal as the monsters from our nightmares.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I didn’t mean to fall in love⁠— I tripped over your slow smile, landed in your eyes, and found home.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Let’s go, rebel girl.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“He can step back all he wants. I’ll keep stepping forward because I’ve never been afraid of ghosts. I’ve lived with my own for too long”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Do you know what burned lace smells like? It’s fragile and sweet”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“No way. No. Absolutely not. I’m not attracted to my kidnapper. That would be insanity. I try to edge away from him, but there’s nowhere to go.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Power is loud. Control is quiet.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“But I do know how to survive. I know how to take the hits that won’t stop coming”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I raise my eyes back to his, and his lips slowly curl into the first real smile I’ve seen—no taunting, no smirking. Just pure, genuine satisfaction, like he’s taking pleasure in experiencing this with me. And that’s when I realize—Ryot is beautiful. Not like Alden. He’s not pretty, like the sunrise. He’s alluring and magnetic, like the stars.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I’ve walked through Lako’s hells with nothing and I’ve come out with less. I have no fear left to give you.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I’ll stand by my oath”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Kheris feeds on chaos”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“And then”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I stumble on the words to tell her - likely the last words I'll ever speak to her. 'I love you' seems too trite, the words somehow unequal to the horror and the honour of this, our last stand. Instead, I whisper, " You made me whole, Leina Haverlin".”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Histories. Journals. Treaties. I hate the way the letters blur together when I read”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“What is romance if not the universe’s finest performance?”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“There are four archons here at the Synod. We are the highest-ranking men of each vanguard. As such”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“That wasn’t a kiss”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“But the stillness only makes the unrest inside even louder.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“We don’t only find each other in our sleep. We reach for each other across the Veil—through whatever both gods and men put between us. “Fate,” I breathe”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I didn’t mean to fall in love⁠— I tripped over your slow smile”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“I’m not a princess. I’m a survivor.”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“love isn’t a prize you win for being perfect or a currency traded for good behavior,”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods

“Leina Haverlyn.” The way he says my name—it’s not a surrender. It’s a vow. “Will you be mine? My ward”
― Caty Rogan, Kissed by the Gods