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Bound Quotes

What we're tied to, and why it holds

This page plays with several meanings of "bound," from poetic constraint to the pull of influence and the near-inevitability of chemistry between people who spend time together. One classical line contrasts rigid things breaking with pliable things bending, a distinction worth pairing with our Boundary collection.

The rigid cause themselves to be broken; the pliable cause themselves to be bound.

Quotes by Xun Kuang

If you compromise in the casting it is bound to expose eventually.

Quotes by Sanjay Leela Bhansali

All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.

Quotes by Robert Browning

You are bound to pick up influences.

Quotes by Morrissey

Boundaries Quotes

After Bound, we were offered a lot of lesbian thrillers.

Quotes by Lilly Wachowski

A poem is bound by language, but a poetics is not.

Quotes by Joshua Cohen

When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.

Quotes by Joan Van Ark

Agricultural husbandry essentially maintains the balance of bound nitrogen.

Quotes by Fritz Haber

The master's irresponsible power has no such bound.

Quotes by Fanny Kemble

Boundary Quotes

'I' is bound to have an impact on my career.

Quotes by Amy Jackson

Frequently Asked Questions

What senses of 'bound' appear in these quotes?
The word covers physical restraint, artistic constraint, and simple inevitability, giving the collection a wide but connected range of meaning.
Why would someone search for bound quotes?
Because the word works in so many contexts, from duty to fate, readers often land here looking for one particular shade of its meaning.
Is there a classical quote in this set?
Yes, one contrasts the rigid, which break, with the pliable, which merely become bound, offering a philosophical take on flexibility.
Does any quote discuss creative constraint?
One does, distinguishing a poem, which is bound by language, from a poetics, which is not, drawing a subtle line between form and theory.
Where can I find related quotes on limits?
See our Boundary page for more on where lines get drawn, or Boundless for the opposite idea entirely.

Others treat being bound as simply unavoidable, whether by language, circumstance, or human nature itself. For the flip side of limits, browse Boundless, or see how firm lines get drawn in Boundaries.