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“Knowledge is power is time is money.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Life is not about living the safer option. Life is about living a life worth living.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“I would prefer a sword to fight duel, but a pen to plan a war.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Only stupid men would want stupid wives!”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Ships are my arrows, the sea my bow, the world my target.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Then don't you dare tell me my dreams are insane! Because my dreams are what I live for!”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“The country was a nice thing, as long as it was in the middle of town and you could reach a civilized place with shops, libraries and newspapers within five minutes or so.”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“You have a strange definition of “fun”, Mr Linton.’ ‘And you don't have one at all.’ ‘Mr Linton?’ ‘Yes, Sir?’ ‘Be quiet.’ ‘Yes, Sir!”
― Robert Thier, Storm and Silence

“Don’t you understand? When you’re standing on their side, you’re the bizarre genius, the miraculous hero, the force of the rebellion, the flower that blooms alone. But the second your voice differs from theirs, you’ve lost your mind, you’ve ignored morality, you’ve walked the crooked path.”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“… Who cares about the crowded, broad road? I’ll walk the single-plank bridge into the night…”
― 墨香铜臭, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“Then, in the spirit of benevolence, "Your face is well balanced." She slapped him encouragingly on the back, "You have very long eyelashes. Like a cow.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“It was with a shock that he felt the touch of Laurent's fingers against the back of his wrist. [...] Laurent was shifting the fabric of his sleeve, sliding it back slightly to reveal the gold underneath, until the wrist cuff he had asked the blacksmith to leave on was exposed between them.
'Sentiment?' said Laurent.
'Something like that.'
Their eyes met and he could feel each beat of his heart. A few seconds of silence, a space that lengthened, until Laurent spoke.
'You should give me the other.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Let him come to Charcy, with his hithertos and his wherefores, and there he will find me, and with all the might of my kingdom I will scourge him from the field.

"And if you want a personal message," said Laurent, "You can tell my uncle boykiller that he can cut the head off every child from here to the capital. It won't make him into a king, it will simply mean he has no one left to fuck.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“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.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“She was intelligent, accomplished, beautiful. She was everything I could have asked for in a woman. But she was a king maker. She wanted power. She must have thought her only path to the throne was through Kastor.'

'My honourable barbarian. I wouldn't have picked that as your type.'

'Type?'

'A pretty face, a devious mind and a ruthless nature.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“You remind me of him. He was the best man I have ever known.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“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.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Stay back, old man. It isn't your business. This is the Prince of Vere.'

'But---I only paid three coppers for him,' said Volo, sounding confused.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“What makes you think Kastor is the weaker man? You don't know him.'
'But I'm coming to know you,' said Laurent.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“You broke a man today. Doesn't that affect you at all? These are lives, not pieces in a chess game with your uncle.'

'You're wrong. We are on my uncle's board and these men are all his pieces.'

'Then each time you move one of them, you can congratulate yourself on how much like him you are.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“My scorn and contempt,' said Laurent, 'are not in need of your leniency. Lord Touars, you face me in my own kingdom, you inhabit my lands, and you breathe at my pleasure. Make your own choice.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“We could try some other arrangement."
"You're right: it should be me in front
and you carrying the horse.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“You just surprised me,' said Damen. 'Sometimes I think I understand you, and at other times I can't make you out at all.'
'Believe me, that sentiment is mutual.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Laurent fought like he talked. The danger
lay in the way he used his mind: there
was not one thing he did that was not
planned in advance. Yet he was not
predictable, because in this as with
everything he did there were layers of
intent, moments when expected patterns
would suddenly dissolve into something
else.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Once in his life—Laurent got only two words out before the man simply did what most people wanted to do when speaking with Laurent: he hit him.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“I want your best room,' said Laurent, 'with a big bed and a private bath, and if you send up the house boy, you'll find out the hard way that I don't like sharing.'
He delivered the innkeeper a long, cool look.
"He's expensive,' said Damen to the innkeeper, by way of apology.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Laurent said, 'I didn't think anyone was good enough to get past your guard.' 'One person,' said Damen.”
― C.S. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Think he'll kill him?" another
speculated.
Damen knew the answer to that question.
Laurent was not going to kill him. He
was going to break him.
Here, in front of everyone.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“That was their Prince for you, a twisty, vicious fiend who you should never, ever cross, unless you wanted your gullet handed to you on a platter”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two

“Then Laurent turned and saw him, and
the pressure in his chest grew like pain
as Laurent greeted him, half stripped and
bright-eyed.”
― S.U. Pacat, Captive Prince: Volume Two