Top 150 Cora Reilly Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “Wherever his eyes touched my body, they branded me as his possession, the word ‘mine’ edged into my skin over and over again.”

— Cora Reilly

52. “That is the fifth time you shied back from me tonight.” He set down the glass and took the knife in his hand. Then he advanced on me. “Did your father never teach you to hide your fear from monsters? They give chase if you run.”

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53. “Don’t you understand? I’m a woman. I’m guilty by default. It’s always like that. They will say I asked for it. A smile means I’m flirting. A nice word means I’m asking for it. Revealing clothes mean I’m inviting touch. That is fact, Nino.”

— Cora Reilly

54. “I’d grown up among cruel men. But fate was so much crueler than any of them.”

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55. “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

56. “You were worth it, you know?” He nuzzled my neck and I smiled to myself. “What exactly?” I whispered. “The pain, the wait, Remo’s wrath. Everything.”

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57. “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.”

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58. “Your nights are safe. You are safe now, Kiara. Even in the dark, there’s nothing you have to fear, no one, because I am there and they will have to go through me. And no one ever has won against me. I am the most dangerous thing in the dark, but you don’t have to fear me.”

— Cora Reilly

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

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60. “Silence descended on us. I turned the music on, my favorite playlist. The pounding bass of “Candy Shop” by 50 Cent filled the car. I drummed my fingers in rhythm to the sound. Gemma frowned. “This song doesn’t make sense. Why does a rapper sing about lollipops and rodeos?”

— Cora Reilly

61. “Before you, there was calm. There was order and logic.”

— Cora Reilly

62. “You only have this one life, Lily. Make the best of it. I wish I had done it and now it’s too late. I don’t want you to end like me, to look back at a life full of missed opportunities and lost dreams. Don’t let life pass you by. You are braver than me, brave enough to fight for your happiness.”

— Cora Reilly

63. “Luca, I know you’re worried that things escalate and I die. But if things escalate, and all of you die, my whole heart dies, and then I’d rather die by your side than live on without my family.”

— Cora Reilly

64. “It was only fitting that I should fall in love with a man who was just as bad, as brutal, as cruel as the men who’d raised me.”

— Cora Reilly

65. “What is the sin but a manmade phantasm?”

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66. “Make him be good to you. Make him love you if you can. It’s the only way to get through this.”

— Cora Reilly

67. “Trust. Tenderness. And so many more emotions I didn’t understand. I’d never truly resented my incapability to feel, but in this moment I did.”

— Cora Reilly

68. “I’m not a good man, Aria. I never pretended otherwise. There are no good men in the mafia.”

— Cora Reilly

69. “But you are my first choice, Aria. I’ll burn down the world if I have to. I’ll kill and maim and blackmail. I’ll do anything for you.”

— Cora Reilly

70. “She was like a beacon of light in the black of the room.”

— Cora Reilly

71. “You won’t ever get the chance to touch Marcella. And today I’ll make you regret every second of pain you made her feel. You’ll beg her for forgiveness and call her queen when I’m done with you.”

— Cora Reilly

72. “I guess then that means I don’t care enough. Because letting you go? That’s the one thing I’ll never do.”

— Cora Reilly

73. “Love can be as destructive as hatred.”

— Cora Reilly

74. “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.”

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75. “Little children quickly learn that closing your eyes from evil doesn’t protect you. It took me far too long to grasp that lesson.”

— Cora Reilly

76. “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

77. “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.”

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78. “And who will protect me from him?”

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79. “It would stop now. I was a prideful Mione woman, and it was time to act like one. Danilo be damned.”

— Cora Reilly

80. “I will take you to Chicago, but I won’t leave your side, Gianna. I won’t give you the chance to run from me again.”

— Cora Reilly

81. “Ballet,” she said as if she were talking about a lover, full of devotion and adoration, and I caught myself wishing she’d use that tone when talking about me.”

— Cora Reilly

82. “I knew only two things about Luca Vitiello: he would become the head of the New York mob once his father retired or died, and he got his nickname “The Vise” for crushing a man’s throat with his bare hands.”

— Cora Reilly

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

— Cora Reilly

84. “Considering what kind of man I am and the sins I’ve committed, I don’t know why I deserve a daughter like you.”

— Cora Reilly

85. “I’d stand by him and support him as best as I could, because he was mine and I was his.”

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86. “Every morning I woke, I swore to myself I’d be a better man. A better Capo. A better husband. A better father.”

— Cora Reilly

87. “Remo’s mouth pulled into a smile. “I have seen hyenas with less unsettling smiles,” Fabiano muttered.”

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88. “She gave me the letter that led me to you and Grace.” Saying her name made my stomach turn again, and unwanted memories resurfaced. I sat up, away from Luca’s warmth. I drew my legs up against my chest, overwhelmed by all that had happened.”

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89. “Matteo was an enigma.”

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90. “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.”

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91. “Seeing your father bleed to death at my feet would be worth the risk. You are worth it.”

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92. “A thousand reasons spoke against talking to her, but I couldn’t stay away. I needed to see her again, to hear her voice. I wasn’t sure what the hell was wrong with me. I’d never felt so incapable of controlling myself.”

— Cora Reilly

93. “She could have sent her twins to Las Vegas.”

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94. “It was a perfect sound, more perfect than any melody Kiara had ever created on her piano and she had created some of the most beautiful melodies I’d ever heard.”

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95. “Women in our world belonged to their husband. They were his property to deal with however he pleased.”

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96. “In just a few days, Luca’s touch had gone from something that terrified me to the only time I forgot everything about my life, the only time I was free of the shackles in our world.”

— Cora Reilly

97. “If Greta were mine, I’d want to be faithful too.”

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98. “I haven’t started playing, and you aren’t a mere chess piece. You are the queen.”

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99. “I don’t care if the world hates you, I’ll defend you against all of them.”

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100. “Right this moment I knew she’d be mine forever.”

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