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Quotes About Promise

In their talk there was nothing but companionship with a distant undertone of passion. In the background there was the unspoken zest of the promise which, in due course and in their own time, would be met.
~ Ian Fleming
Why not make it for always?
~ Ian Fleming
Dearest Cecilia, the story can resume. The one I had been planning on that evening walk. I can become again the man who once crossed the surrey park at dusk, in my best suit, swaggering on the promise of life. The man who, with the clarity of passion, made love to you in the library. The story can resume. I will return. Find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.
~ Ian Mcewan
I will return. I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame.
~ Ian Mcewan
Marriage was the thing, or rather, a wedding was, with its formal neatness of virtue rewarded, the thrill of its pageantry and banqueting, and dizzy promise of lifelong union.
~ Ian Mcewan
I'll wait for you. Come back. She meant it. Time would show she really meant it.
~ Ian Mcewan
And so the dead might cease to grieve And we might make amends And there might be a pact between Dead friends and living friends.
~ Ian Mcewan
In other words, though they did not believe in God, He had nonetheless promised them Palestine.
~ Ilan Pappe
I gave him my best cryptic smile. He did not fall down to his feet, kiss my shoes, and promise me the world. I must be getting rusty.
~ Ilona Andrews
Give me an opportunity to fail, Saiman said. I promise my corpse won't interrupt your 'I told you so' speech.
~ Ilona Andrews
How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit? I can't make that promise. Small talk with the dragon. How are you? Eaten any adventurers lately? Sure, just had one this morning. Look, I still got his femur stuck in my teeth. Is that upsetting to you?
~ Ilona Andrews
I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want 'there' to be.
~ Ilona Andrews
Go play your games with Jim. I'll find you both when I need you. Arrogant asshole. I tell you what, if you find us before those three days run out, I'll cook you a damn dinner and serve it to you naked. Is that a promise? Yes. Go fuck yourself.
~ Ilona Andrews
He caressed my cheek. You came for me, I whispered. Always, he told me.
~ Ilona Andrews
What do you think? he asked, his voice deep and commanding. I eyed him. Impressive, but too much. He leaned toward me, the blue eyes smoky with a promise I was shure he could fulfill. I tried not to think of the bedroom. Too much? Yes. I like the menace. It's very masculine, but he looks like he would screw everything in sight and call me 'wench
~ Ilona Andrews
If you come back to me, I'll never leave you, I whispered into the furry ear. I'll make you all the pies you could ever eat.
~ Ilona Andrews
I will always be there. I will walk across the whole planet if I have to." I closed my eyes and whispered, "I'll meet you halfway.
~ Ilona Andrews
I really would like to know," he said with genuine curiosity. "The next time I kill someone, I'd like to do it in a way that doesn't freak you out." "How about you don't kill anybody for a little bit?" "I can't make that promise.
~ Ilona Andrews
I promise to keep my hands, tongue, and other body parts to myself. You risk your life by staying home. It's late and we're both too wiped out to go climbing into the People's lair tonight. What do you risk by coming with me? A huge migraine from being in your company.
~ Ilona Andrews
You will. You'll fall asleep fast and sleep soundly until morning, and then you'll get up and have breakfast with your family because I'll be prowling in your house tonight. And if anyone tries to interrupt your sleep and end your life, you have my word that they'll sleep forever." That
~ Ilona Andrews
You came for me," I whispered. "Always," he told me.
~ Ilona Andrews
1920 was an auspicious year for a young person to enter the world as an American citizen.
~ Tom Brokaw
We want to make sure that Social Security is fixed for those people who have had that promise and there's something in the future for our younger workers. And we're not about to do a welfare program.
~ Dennis Hastert
On the day I became Soviet leader, in March 1985, I had a special meeting with the leaders of the Warsaw Pact countries and told them: 'You are independent, and we are independent. You are responsible for your policies, we are responsible for ours. We will not intervene in your affairs, I promise you.'
~ Mikhail Gorbachev