Quotes About Devotion

The grapes he grew were living beings to him, to be cherished and nourished and protected. And he felt the same way about his wife. He cherished her like a precious gift, and she blossomed and thrived in the warmth of his love, and loved him just as deeply.

them. She's much too nice about it, but that's the way she is." Leslie almost said that that was why he loved her, but caught

Your love interest becomes the most important thing to you. And if the love is requited, it's the biggest high in the universe, and you'd be fine never being with anyone else. But if this person doesn't want you back, well, you pretty much wish you were dead . . . or that that person dies miserable.

I didn't realize it was possible to obsess over a girl as much as you can over a boy.

Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.

Arra made me promise, on her deathbed, that I would not let Darren die. I beg you -- do not force me to choose between loyalty to you and my vow to her.

A true dreamer must be prepared to make any sacrifice for his dream. Even if it means sacrificing himself. The dream must be everything. (The Cardinal to Capac Raimi)

Yes, but- oh, sweetheart! - it wasn't only like that I would have come back to you sooner or later. From the first instant I saw you I knew... Spade said tenderly: You angel! Well, if you get a good break you will be out of San Quentin in twenty years and you can come back to me then.

Harrison, now a London resident and forty-eight years old, faded into his workshop and was hardly heard from during the nearly twenty years he devoted to the completion of H-3, which he called his "curious third machine.

Guys care about sports teams. I'm not talking about simply rooting; I'm talking about a relationship that guys develop, a commitment to a sport team that guys take way more seriously than, for example, wedding vows.

nobody loves you the way your dog loves you. When you're with your dog, you may mentally be elsewhere, but your dog is not; your dog is always right there with you. When you're gone, your dog is waiting for you to come back, so it can be with you again. Because being with you makes your dog happier than anything else.

You could be Charles Manson, or Hitler, or even a lawyer who advertises on television, and your dog will still think you're the greatest thing ever. This tells you something very important about dogs: They are not very bright.

You're in front of my face, he said every day. It was an old Yemeni expression, hard to translate into English. It was something you said to a loved one, to a friend, while pointing to your own face. It meant that the person before you was never out of your vision. That you kept them foremost in your mind.

Tu trabajo consiste en descubrir tu trabajo y luego entregarte a él en cuerpo y alma. —BUDA

You're my best boy. Whatever happens, you'll always be my best boy.

You're so beautiful, Ella,' I told her. I tried to tell her more, but the words I had were not enough and the sounds came out as useless gasps and murmurs. I just held her close, closer. I ached to protect her from all darkness, all pain, and all death.

People who believe themselves to be True patriots tend to be zealots. Zealots, in my opinion are one short step from being lunatics.

was dark. He scooted over to the chair that his butt had graced so often he'd worn off the paint. The trach was in her neck, the way they did it for long-term usage, because, for among other reasons, it was easier to keep clean than when it was down the throat. The attached ventilator was pumping away, keeping her lungs inflated. The vitals sign monitor beeped away. One end of an

I had to try. I had to." "Why was that?" asked Reel. "Because I love her. Sometimes it's just as simple as that. And if someone can't act on love, then what does anything else really matter?

To Aunt Peggy, an angel on earth if ever there was one

Thank God for dog lovers.

Then you take her without reservation, disclaimer, parental demands, or otherwise. You take her as she is with all her faults, weaknesses, idiosyncrasies, and requirements. You take her without qualification, with no strings attached by anyone else, because that's what loving someone means.

And I don't care what anybody says; I like doing it, and it's what I shall continue to do

But I'll be there for you as the world falls down