The Unwanted Marriage Quotes

“My wife doesn’t lift a finger in our own home — I’ll be damned if I let her lift one in yours,”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Then give me all of you, every last jagged fractured piece. Give me all of it, Faye, because those pieces you think are broken? They complete me.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“She was never meant to affect me in this way, yet here I am, on my knees for her, desperate to take away her pain.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“You are both my torment and my salvation, my muse and my damnation. For you, I’ll willingly go to the depths of hell. Did you know that?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Dion, every second of every day, I choose you. Even when you don’t want me to. Even on days that feel impossibly hard. I’ll always choose you.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“How do I make the woman in my arms happy when I’m not even sure what real happiness feels like?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Keep making those difficult choices that you know you must, until your waking hours are better than your sweetest dreams.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“We don’t fit together, yet we’re perfect together because we’ve made it so, because we’re willing to work on us.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“For us, being together means having to prioritize each other over everything, every single day. It means sacrifice and compromise, and I can’t help but wish things could be easier, for us both.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“My good girl. My future wife. I can’t wait to have her. She’s so fucking small… can she even take me?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“A thrill runs down my spine at the thought of it, and already, I’m thinking of ways to make him punish me like that. I don’t want him to be nice to me. I want him to treat me roughly and prove to me that no matter what I do, his worst will never truly hurt me. I want to push and prod until he shows me his demons, until he pushes me into that headspace where I can finally be myself — not the Windsor wife I was raised to be, not my father’s prim daughter. Just his. His everything.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Let me be clear, Faye. From now on, you are mine as much as I am yours. Don’t you dare so much as dream of pulling this shit again.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Everything I've ever wanted...it really could be mine, if I just have the courage to reach for it”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Each time I try, you brush me off with an excuse or an answer that sounds awfully well-practiced. I just want you, Faye. You don’t have to pretend in my presence — the only version of you I want is the real you.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Dion. He stares back at me from the front row, looking completely captivated.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“You like that, huh?” I murmur as I line my cock up. Of course she likes me pulling on her hair. She’s my perfect, perfect wife.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“my eyes fall closed when he kisses me slowly, his touch desperate. His tongue brushes against mine, and I moan, lost in this moment with him.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Just sign,” I whisper. “I don’t want to hear it, Faye. Just sign the papers.” She takes a step toward me, and it takes all of me to keep standing here instead of pulling her closer and begging for another chance. I’m so tempted to fall to my knees and promise that I’ll be better, that I’ll keep trying until I’m worthy of her.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Don’t you dare apologize for being real with me, for calling me out on my bullshit. You’re about to become my wife, Faye. My equal. Hearing you act your part is a fucking delight. Keep fighting me, baby. I’m loving every second of it.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“I wish I was a better man, but I’m not, and I never will be. I know I don’t deserve it, but if she is to be my wife, I want all of her. That’s always been the problem — I’m a selfish fucking monster.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“I can’t share you, Faye. I won’t. Either you end our engagement, or you end things with him right here, right now. What is it going to be?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Do you really think I want to marry a man who couldn’t care less about me?” she asks, indignation chiseled into her expression. “I’m pretty sure you changed your phone number weeks ago and never even bothered to tell me. You drew a line between us, Dion, and I stayed firmly on my side.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“She likes chamomile tea after a long day, so I keep dried chamomile flowers in the house, just for her. And when she can't sleep, she likes to compose. She'll hide out in the living room and hum tunes as her mind works through the notes. She likes input though so if you can give it to her, she'll appreciate it. That's how you can get her to fall back asleep on rough nights.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“He smirks at me. “There’s nothing I won’t do for you, angel. Haven’t you realized that by now?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Eric attempts to reach for her, and I pull her closer, unwilling to let her go — unable to. “Faye,” I say, my tone brooking no argument. “Are you going to tell him, or should I?”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Faye seems to just get more and more beautiful each time I see her, but her beauty has never hit me quite as hard as it does today.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Two people finding solace in each other can easily convince themselves that it’s happiness they feel, when in reality, it’s comfort mixed with lust, masquerading as love.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“You are both my torment and my salvation, my muse and my damnation. For you, I’ll willingly go to the depths of hell.”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“Keep making those difficult choices as you must, until your waking hours are better than your sweetest dreams”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage

“voice”
― Catharina Maura, The Unwanted Marriage