The Bonds We Break Quotes

“Truth is, I’m bored. Always have been. Hyperfocused on something one minute. Ten thousand things flying through my brain a mile a minute the next. Sudden urges to learn how to do something, then I’m bored rigid by it five days later.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I promise to keep you safe, hold your heart gently, and fuck you hard when you need it. You’re my life, Rae.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“When I step out that door, I have a job to do. A role to step into. A weight to carry. But you’ve given me a reason to be more than all that.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I’d die for you, Rae. Loving you is the easiest thing I’ve ever done. Because you’re perfect for me.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I’ve fallen in love with the one woman I should have never brought into my world.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I lift up a little so I can look at her, so I can memorize the moment I realized I was hers in a way I’ve never been anyone else’s.
The woman who wanted absolutely nothing from me now has every single thing I can give.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I’m falling headfirst into a woman who deserves a future I can’t give her.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I don’t want it to ruin whatever this thing is that we’re growing from the chaotic mess of how we started.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“He links his fingers with mine and lets out a deep sigh. “I don’t know what the fuck you are, Rae. But you’re more than insurance or a captive.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“His chest is warm against my back as he pulls me tight against him. “You’re safe, Rae,” he says, close to my ear.
“Don’t be kind to me,” I say as the tears threaten again.
“Perhaps it’s about time someone was.”
His words soothe me. “You’re secretly a good man, aren’t you?”
Lips brush the side of my neck, the trail of them makes me shiver. “Maybe only for you.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“It feels like something almost cosmically ordained, the way our two lives have collided. The way she makes me feel like I’m on some predetermined path to tragedy … battles with the idea that she’s also my path to salvation.
But it’s time to admit I’m drawn to her like a moth to a flame.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“I may have bitten off more than I can chew with Rae Miller. You ever been with a woman approximately three hundred times smarter than you?”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“She’s exactly where I want her. And yet…”
Halo grins. “And yet, what?”
I slug some more of my coffee. “It strikes me that she’s there because she’s decided she wants to be, not because I forced her.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break

“Don’t give up on me because you’re fast becoming a soft place to land.”
― Scarlett Cole, The Bonds We Break