Elizabeth > Elizabeth's Quotes

“I think what people were is less important than what they are. And what people are is less important than what they could be.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“My whole life, all anyone's ever wanted was to possess me," said James. "The only one who ever set me free was you.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“He'd never forget the moment James's eyes had met his—the sensation of coming home, as though they knew each other.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“But which of us is ready for what life asks us to face? We don't choose the moment. The moment comes whether we will it or no, and we must make ourselves ready.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“I may not carry his brand, but he... He's burned into me." James's eyes were very dark. "He branded himself on my soul. They called him the Dark King, but he was a bright flame, and everyone else, everything else is just his pale shadow. I was Reborn, but I lived a half life. It's like this world was a blur. No one else was in focus. Until you.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“I’m here to follow you.' His eyes were bright, his lips smiling, his hair gold in the shifting light from the fire. Will said, 'Of course you are.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“I will find you. I will always find you. Try to run.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“Somehow grasping at vanishing snowflakes is like grasping at happiness: an act of possession that instantly gives way to nothing. It reminded me that there was a world outside this house: a world of vastness and unimaginable beauty; a world that for now, remained out of my reach. That memory had repeatedly returned to me over the years. It's as if the misery that surrounded that brief moment of freedom made it burn even brighter: a tiny light surrounded by darkness.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“I didn't kill Gabriel. Gabriel killed me. All I did was pull the trigger.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“Well, I’d rather be lonely than be with the wrong person.”
― Alex Michaelides, The Silent Patient

“His heart beating, he lifted his eyes to James. He didn’t see immediate rejection. As the seconds stretched out, he thought—maybe—maybe. Pull like an undertow: he wanted to. He wanted to tell him, to find in him a harbor, where they could be two lost souls together.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Heir