Court of Blood and Bindings Quotes

“I’d rather be your equal in danger than your toy in safety.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“I’m not fully sure what you are to me. I’m not sure if I dare to figure it out. But I know you’re a first.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“I leaned into that fall. I let myself plummet, into the unfathomable, bottomless depths of my heart, and trusted his arms to catch me.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“You’ll keep your hands off me in that bed, too.”
“As I was planning to.” He looked up from his writing, eyes mocking me. “Unless you change your mind of course”.
“I’d rather fuck a cactus,” I informed him.
“Interesting. Let me know how you like it.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Does it make me a monster?” I managed, the fears falling over my lips at last. “Wanting you?”
His smile…it wasn’t a smile. It was an open wound. It was a wistful darkness that spread over his face and transformed into something hurt and haunted and utterly heart-breaking.
“Does it make me innocent, wanting you?”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Uncaged, undone, he was power and beautiful and death, and he was mine.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Have I told you you’re an arrogant prick?”
“You have … And you don’t seem to mind that much.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“the undoubtedly majestic length of him”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“With not a single soul to open my heart to, how would I keep it from turning to ice in my chest?”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Because they made you feel small. A pause. And there is nothing small about you.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Considering how little I wanted to do with his body, it would really be better if he just didn’t acknowledge I had one at all.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Were those dogs?”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“He nodded. As if to commit me to his memory. As if to mark me.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“I split the egg, added some of the white to the powder, and mixed it to a thick paste.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“I’ll make myself useful here and do some work in advance. I’d enjoy having a free day tomorrow, after all the excitement.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Home. Home. It had never been much, never been more than a place I couldn't wait to leave, and yet it had been safe. Easy. Familiar. And now I had been ripped out with stems and roots, and it turned out I hadn't even left a hole to be filled behind.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“I’d rather fuck a cactus,’ I informed him. Interesting. Let me know how you like it.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Well,’ I admitted, ‘I suppose it’s not the most suitable kind of accommodation for kidnapping, but …’ The words died away on my lips. I wasn’t sure how to finish my argument without insulting him, which made sense, given that none of my thoughts about him had ever been very complimentary. He scribbled, Not enough blood? Another laugh fell from my lips. ‘Suppose so. I missed the torture instruments and the dangling chains at the ceiling, too.’ Will take note.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Creon stirred next to me, turning his back to me. One of his dark wings came up with the movement and settled over my blankets, a light, reassuring weight pushing me deeper into the mattress. Steadying me – grounding me.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings

“Very good, Emelin,’ I suggested helpfully. ‘Making excellent progress. I wouldn’t want to run into you in a dark alley late at night.’ His smile became a grin. Wouldn’t mind your company in dark alleys at all.”
― Lisette Marshall, Court of Blood and Bindings