Bound by Honor Quotes

“Maybe love is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take and as you said, it’s not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It’s the first battle I didn’t mind losing.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Then so be it. I’ll go where you go no matter how dark the path.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“If I’d done that today, you would have lost control. The only reason why you didn’t was because I treated you like my husband, not a monster.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Just because I'm wearing revealing clothes doesn't mean I'm inviting them to look.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“She's a fucking rat trying to humiliate a queen...She's nothing”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Love is something girls hope for when they don't know better, something women long for when they lie awake at night, and something they'll only ever get from their children. Men don't have time for such notions.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Make him be good to you. Make him love you if you can. It’s the only way to get through this.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“The last few words of the oath that men swore when they were inducted into the mafia could just as well have been the closing of my wedding vow:

“I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“The path stretching before us was one of darkness, a life of blood and death and danger, a future of always watching my back, of knowing every day could be Luca’s last, of fearing that one day I might have to watch him receive a lethal injection. But this was my world and Luca was my man, and I would go this path with him until the bitter end.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“You are far too beautiful and innocent to be married to someone like me, but I’m too much of a selfish bastard to ever let you go. You are mine. Forever.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“He held me against his body and his upper arm was close to my face, so I turned and bit him. He was so startled he actually released me and I tried to jab him with the knife, but he gripped my wrist.

“Did you bite me?” he asked as he stared at my teeth marks on his bicep.

“Not hard enough. There isn’t even blood,” I said. Luca’s shoulders twitched once, then again. He was fighting laughter. Not the effect I’d intended when I bit him but I had to admit I loved the sound of his deep chuckle.

“I think you’ve done enough damage for one day,” he said.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“But you are my first choice, Aria. I’ll burn down the world if I have to. I’ll kill and maim and blackmail. I’ll do anything for you. Maybe love is a risk, but it’s a risk I’m willing to take and as you said, it’s not a choice. I never thought I would, never thought I could love someone like that, but I fell in love with you. I fought it. It’s the first battle I didn’t mind losing.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“But I don’t care because loving you is the only pure thing in my life.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Your sister is a fucking nuisance,” Luca muttered in my ear.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“I could make you feel good, Aria,” he murmured, his hand on my waist tightening. “You want to come, don’t you?”

Oh my God, yes. My body was screaming for it. “I’m fine. Thank you.”

Luca choked on a laugh. “You are so stubborn.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“His lips brushed my ear. “Tonight you beg me to spare you, but one day you’re going to beg me to fuck you.” No. Never, I swore to myself. His breath was hot against my skin and I closed my eyes. “Don’t think because I don’t claim my rights tonight that you aren’t mine, Aria. No other man will ever have what belongs to me. You are mine.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“You look like shit,” Luca said.

Matteo nodded. “My tenth espresso and I’m still not awake. Drank too much last night.”

“You were trashed,”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“I lied because I hate that I love you, because I hate that you can hurt me without ever laying a finger on me, because I hate myself for loving you even though you won’t ever love me back.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Wherever his eyes touched my body, they branded me as his possession, the word ‘mine’ edged into my skin over and over again.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“And who will protect me from him?”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“This wedding wasn’t about love or trust or choice. It was about duty and honor, about doing what was expected.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“erection”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Women in our world belonged to their husband. They were his property to deal with however he pleased.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“That is the fifth time you shied back from me tonight.” He set down the glass and took the knife in his hand. Then he advanced on me. “Did your father never teach you to hide your fear from monsters? They give chase if you run.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“Father’s lips thinned. “You are right. But as I see it Aria will be living under my roof until the wedding and since honor forbids me to raise my hand against her, I’ll have to find another way to make her obey me.” He glowered at Gianna and hit her a second time. “For every one of your wrongdoings, Aria, your sister will accept the punishment in your stead.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“In just a few days, Luca’s touch had gone from something that terrified me to the only time I forgot everything about my life, the only time I was free of the shackles in our world.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“He bent down, lips brushing my ear, and whispered, “Smile. You are the happy bride, remember?”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“I touched my hand to the tattoo over his heart, felt his heart beating against my palm. I smiled. “Mine.” “Always,”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“She gave me the letter that led me to you and Grace.” Saying her name made my stomach turn again, and unwanted memories resurfaced. I sat up, away from Luca’s warmth. I drew my legs up against my chest, overwhelmed by all that had happened.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor

“nothing but a testament of his ownership of me. A daily reminder of the golden cage I’d be trapped in for the rest of my life. Until death do us part wasn’t an empty promise as with so many other couples that entered the holy bond of marriage. There was no way out of this union for me. I was Luca’s until the bitter end. The last few words of the oath that men swore when they were inducted into the mafia could just as well have been the closing of my wedding vow: “I enter alive and I will have to get out dead.” I should have run when I still had the chance.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Honor