Twisted Pride Quotes

“My lips brushed his lightly. “How strong are you, Remo Falcone?” “Strong enough to take you and our children home where you all belong, Angel.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“We were both caught in an undercurrent, dragging us down into its unforgiving depth, unable to swim to the surface on our own. The only people who could save us only wanted to save one of us and see the other drown, but we were entangled. One of us would have to let go first to reach the surface.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“He possessed me. He owned me. I was the queen. He was the king. Checkmate.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“She was. Serafina was a masterpiece, almost too beautiful. Her golden hair and unblemished skin against the dirty mattress had felt like sacrilege, even to me, and I had committed almost every sin conceivable.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“My eyes registered a shadow above our heads. A large black and white bird of prey with a red head. “Look,” I panted. “There’s your spirit animal. A vulture.” Remo stopped and laughed. A real laugh. Not dark, taunting, or cruel. “Good to know you find me that repulsive.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I’m fairly sure God designed your body to drive men into insanity,” Remo said darkly. Stifling the excited thrill Remo’s words sent through me, I retorted, “You believe in God?” “No. I don’t. But looking at you, I could turn into a believer.” I huffed. “There’s a cozy warm place in Hell reserved just for you.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“She shook her head and peered up at Nino with so much fucking love I knew I could never hurt a single hair on her body.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I needed to own this woman. Body and soul and everything else she could offer. I fucking burned with the desire to possess her in every way possible.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I’m lost, Remo.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“Emotional warfare is far more effective in this case than open violence.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I haven’t started playing, and you aren’t a mere chess piece. You are the queen.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“Hardly anything worth having can be gained without loss, pain, and sacrifice.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“He shook his head, his dark eyes softening. “Angel,” he said quietly, brushing his fingers over my tender skin. “You had wings all along. You only needed a little push to spread them and fly.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“Do you think they’ll still want me now that I’m ruined?” Serafina was many things, but ruined wasn’t one of them, and anyone who declared her as such was a fucking fool. “Your family loves you. They will do anything to save you, even now. Especially now.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I decide what to hope for. You might rule over Las Vegas and over these men, but you don’t rule over me, Remo Falcone.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“You shouldn’t have tried to make friends by giving them drugs,” I said. “We’re not Santa Claus.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I love every part of it, of you, the good, the bad, the light, the dark, even your blackest corners.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“Regret over the past is wasted energy. We can’t change the past, no matter how much we want to do it.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“How strong are you Remo Falcone?

Strong enough to take you and our kids home where you belong, Angel.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“—¿Qué tan fuerte eres, Remo Falcone?
—Lo suficientemente fuerte como para llevarte a ti y a nuestros hijos a casa a donde todos ustedes pertenecen, ángel.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“La compresión me llenó de una alegría sin igual, no porque pudiera romper al hombre que estaba delante de mí. No, porque nuestros hijos, incluso sin conocerlos, significaban tanto para él que sus muertes lo destruirían.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“This reminds me of you, Adamo,” Remo said. Adamo grimaced. Nino nodded. “You always made a mess during feeding as well.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“What do you know about being a good mother? Or a decent human being?” My chest constricted briefly, but I pushed through it. “I know how to change a diaper for one, and I provided my brothers with protection when they needed it. That’s more than you can say for yourself.” She frowned. “When did you change a diaper?” “When Adamo was an infant, I was already ten,” I said. It was more than I had wanted to reveal in the first place.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I’m so glad you could make it,” Remo said in a British accent, all posh and sophisticated”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“Run, Angel. Run from what you’ve done,” I murmured with a dark smile, and Serafina did.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I hope you gave that thing a good scrub,” I called over to Savio, who gave me the finger.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“We all have to let part of ourselves die to rise up stronger.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“May the craziest fucker win.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I hated Remo, hated him for making sense, hated him for getting under my skin. And I hated myself for letting him.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride

“I am asking you for permission as your sister-in-law and as a Falcone.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Pride