Broken Vows Quotes

“I have tried, so fucking hard, to harden myself and yet, twenty-five years later, I’m just as soft as ever.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“You want to marry me?”
Nessa kisses my damp skin. “I did swear an oath to you in a church already. What’s another vow?”
It’s the most romantic thing I’ve ever heard.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“With my wife in my arms, I let myself sink into the soft darkness of sleep, knowing that nothing I can dream will be as sweet as my reality.
For the first time in over ten years, the nightmares don’t find me.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“I have never felt inclined to believe in a god, but there on my knees for this girl, her taste on my tongue as I lap at her, I know this is sacred.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Get on your knees and repent for your sins. Pray for my forgiveness.”
At the abandoned altar that hasn’t seen religion in years, I sink to my knees before my God.
“Forgive me, Goddess, for I have sinned,” I whisper, the stone cold beneath my knees.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“She should never have been born a Branigan. She should’ve been a princess in some rich, comfy country. She should never have had to be forced to violence. I can see the way it weighs on her. A weight she was never built to carry.
One she carries nonetheless”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“I fucked up. I know I did. I haven’t…I don’t trust easily, okay?”
She laughs. “Nobody in the fucking mob does, Ness. The problem is, I don’t think you want to.”
“I do,” I say without hesitation. “I do, darlin’. I want you to know every inch of me, and I won’t stop until I know every inch of you in return.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Your cunt can’t lie to me the way that pretty mouth does. You’re mine, and I don’t give a shit if that pisses you off. If I’m yours, you’re mine, Ness. And there’s no giving me back.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Does it scare you? That I’m fucking you in the same room as death?”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Nessa holds me like she’s holding me together. And I let her, I let her stop me falling apart, I let the girl who wrecked me pick up the pieces.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Nessa wouldn’t know how to hide even if I begged her. She is unashamedly bloody and deadly and beautiful.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Kill him. I want to watch the miserable life drain from his eyes.”
“Anything for you,” she says, her eyes locked with mine, blood spattered on her cheeks.
The things I’d do to hear her say that again. My heart thumps painfully in my chest at the words, a heavy sort of relief falling over me like a blanket.
For the first time in my life, someone is fighting for me.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Right now, I hold her like I’ll fade away without her touch. I hold her like I’m not sure of anything else in the world but her right now. I hold her and I don’t want to let her go.
I will. I’ll let her go tomorrow. I’ll tell her in the morning.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“She bites her bottom lip, her hair a red, tangled mane from my hands, her cheeks flushed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything as beautiful.
Siobhán terrifies me.
I’m addicted.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“I want to drown in her. I want to forget everything else exists except her taste.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“My fists clench at my sides. There’s a hundred words in my throat but none of them are right. None of them mean what I want them to.
How do I say that I’m angry and guilty and fucking disgusted. How do I say that the thought of Siobhán staying here for any longer makes me want to dig my heart out of my chest just to make it stop begging for her.
How do I say that I hate myself, that I don’t know what the fuck I’m even fighting for anymore but I can’t stop fighting nonetheless.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“The idea of being her’s is something I want far more than I ever should.
I shouldn’t crave her touch. The feel of her lips pressed against mine. The warmth of her hands on my body. The way her voice turns smokey as she’s moaning my name.
I shouldn’t dream of all the ways I want to make her mine.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“You’re terrible for me, Siobhán.”
I can’t argue with that. I am, and she is perhaps the worst choice I’ve ever made.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“I know you can hit harder than that, I’ve seen you angry. Just take a deep breath, and resume your position.”
“Clearly you haven’t pissed me off enough today,” I murmur under my breath, shaking off her touch.
Nessa scoffs. “Hit me, darlin’. You know you want to.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“She looks demonic. No, that’s not right. She looks like a fallen angel - both terrifying and beautiful.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“My whole body shakes, and a bead of warmth drips down my neck. I can’t even begin to worry about the blood, because Nessa is right there and fuck she smells good and I hate her, I hate her so much-
I repeat the mantra over and over in my head but then she kisses me and nothing can save me.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“What do you want from me, Nessa? Do you want the sob story about how I was forced into a marriage I wanted nothing to do with? That I have done despicable things and that every fucking time I close my eyes, I can only see a version of myself that terrifies me? Do you want to know how I’ve been abused for years, Nessa, is that it? Would it make you feel better to know that my da would rather I’d not survived my own birth?”
I’m breathing heavily, but I can’t stop.
“Do you want to know that I’m miserable, and that I don’t remember how to be anything else?”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Y’know, when you’ve been told you’re a crazy bitch enough times in your life, you start to believe it,” I hum.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Y’know, when you’ve been told you’re a crazy bitch enough times in your life, you start to believe it,” I hum.”
― Scarlet King, Broken Vows

“-You want to marry me?
-I did swear an oath to you in a church already. What's another vow?
It's the most romantic thing I've ever heard.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“Come hell or high water, I'm Nessa's and I'm sure as hell going to make her mine.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows

“I know, without a doubt, she'd light me up if I let her. The worst part is, I think I'd like the burn.”
― Nadine O'Keeffe, Broken Vows