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.
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All June I bound the rose in sheaves, Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.
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When two characters or two actresses are together for a while there is bound to be chemistry developing.
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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.
