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.


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.