Cora Reilly Quotes

Some things weren't meant to be broken, and therefore couldn't be mended – ever. I was one of those things.

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.

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.

Then so be it. I'll go where you go no matter how dark the path.

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.

Stop
trying to do what's right and do what feels good for you. You're fucking overthinking everything again.

I swallowed. Be strong, Valentina. The wish of a dead man is sacred. Don't break your promise.

I didn't love Fabiano. I…I was falling for him. Falling deeper and deeper every day. Into his darkness, and what lay beneath it.
Fabiano didn't want love. He didn't believe in it.
I couldn't love him.

She reminded me of my sisters. Not in a kinky way. More like she reminded me of a longing I'd buried deep in my chest. Fuck me.

Why did you act so late?" Fabiano asked with a frown.

"I was startled, and to be honest … Nino scares me," she said indignantly.

"Then let's hope your assailant announces his attack ahead of time and doesn't scare you," Remo muttered.

Just beacause I'm wearing revealing clothes doesn't mean I'm inviting them to look.

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.

Maybe Father thought I was bad girl enough and didn't need a slutty outfit to emphasize that further.

A temple needs more than one pillar to stand. There's more to life than work.

I don't care if the word hates you, I'll defend you against all of them.

Just because someone isn't alone doesn't mean they aren't lonely,

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,

She wasn't the little girl I'd first met. She was a woman in marriageable age now..

Wherever his eyes touched my body, they branded me as his possession, the word 'mine' edged into my skin over and over again.

I needed control, thrived on it, but around Valentina I often lost it completely.

But I'm not as valuable as that piece around your wrist."
"You are worth more than anything I've ever owned or will ever own.

Make him be good to you. Make him love you if you can. It's the only way to get through this.

His eyes sought mine and for a split second he looked at peace".

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.

He'd seemed safe, like there was no way he could possibly hurt me no matter the provocation.

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.

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.

I remember the way Romero had looked at me at our Christmas party. as if he saw me for the first time, really saw me as a woman and not just a stupid child.

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

Your sister is a fucking nuisance," Luca muttered in my ear.

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.