Cora Reilly > 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

“Love is when you feel safe in someone’s arms, when he’s the first thing you want to see in the morning, love is surrendering. You risk getting hurt but you don’t care. You are willing to give someone the power to break your heart. Love means seeing someone at their worst and still seeing the good in them, love means someone is perfect for you despite their imperfections”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Hatred

“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

“I love you. For real. No simulated affection or love ever again, because with you, I don’t need to simulate. You dragged that dead part of me out of the past and revived it. I didn’t die fifteen years ago, but I didn’t live either … until you.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Emotions

“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

“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

“You weren’t worried about sleeping beside Aria when she still despised you so why should I?”

“You can’t compare Aria to Gianna. They are like two different species. And I trust Aria absolutely. She caught a fucking bullet for me.”

“Must be nice,” I muttered. “Gianna would probably applaud my shooter.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Hatred

“I cleared my throat. “Are there any parts off limits for me?” Nino raised his dark eyebrows. “Like the Dark Arts area?” I froze, speechless, frozen, and utterly shocked. I swallowed. “Did you … did you just make a Harry Potter reference?” He must have noticed me touching the books. “I did,” he said dryly, and I had to stifle laughter.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Emotions

“If she liked to play with fire, fine. I didn’t mind getting burned. I’d walk through flames for her.

Matteo – The Blade – Vitiello”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Hatred

“I don't care if the world hates you, I'll defend you against all of them.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Bonds

“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

“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

“Don’t let anyone stop you from achieving happiness.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Temptation

“I’ll try to be the best husband I can possibly be, which probably is still much less than you deserve.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Duty

“You can tell me. I have a phone and am capable of operating it.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Duty

“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

“Life’s fucking unfair. It wants to crush you, but you can’t let the bitch win. You’ve got to force her to play by your rules.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Bonds

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

“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

“it was easier to live without
something you’ve never had, because you didn’t know what you were missing, but once you’ve had
something it was difficult giving it up.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Vengeance

“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

“A temple needs more than one pillar to stand. There’s more to life than work.”
― Cora Reilly, Sweet Temptation

“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, Luca Vitiello

“Sometimes I feel like my insides are a raging flood of emotions when I look at you, but I don’t mind drowning.”
― Cora Reilly, Twisted Bonds

“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

“Those words on your back, I mean them, Luca. I will follow you anywhere. Your darkness doesn’t scare me. I love you, your strength and loyalty, your tenderness and protectiveness. I love your gentle side, but just as much I love your darkness. I’ll love you in your darkest hour, I’ll love you even when you are weak, and if you need me to be your light, I will. I love every piece of you, Luca.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Love

“So I'm not just going to manage a casino, I'll also be a bordello queen.”
― Cora Reilly, Bound by Duty