Quotes About Promise

The girl inhaled sharply at this last bit, the word 'father'. They leaned into Azalea's nightgown as Mr. Pudding, fumbling with his great ring of keys, locked the ballroom door with a click-click. Seeing the younger girls start to tear up, he gave them his lamp and promised to send biscuits and tea to their room, nearly crying himself. But he did not unlock the ballroom.

I mean it, Kiernan." "So do I." "I'll find you if you're out, I swear." "A promise, Jesse, or a warning?" "A threat—and take it that way," he advised. Then he smiled and lifted his hand to his hat in salute.

Callie stared at Daniel. "Bastard!" she hissed. He smiled serenely. His grip was still upon her and he pulled her close, whispering. "The bastard you are about to promise to love, honor, and obey." "I don't love you." "I'm merely shooting for two out of three, and the last two will do nicely.

I thought you'd run because of me, Mrs. Miller, like you did before. I won't mind your being around. I'll enjoy it. You're the one who promised never to suffer life with a Yank, remember?

Take care, Kiernan, with me. Test your powers on that charming almost-fiancé of yours, but not on me. Anything you start, Kiernan, I'll finish.

Anything, Christa?" he said. "Anything? What you're asking me to do is a mockery. So you had best mean it. You would do anything to save this place. You'd marry that white trash. You'd marry me.

He caught her arm. "I'm sorry," he whispered. His blue eyes were intent upon hers. "For I will love you the rest of my life.

If keeping your word costs you the one thing you love the most, then what was it even worth keeping in the first place?

there is hope in maybe. Maybe. Such a tiny word. Such a powerful word.

And as we round the bend toward Ivy Cottage, he tugs my braid just the way he always has ever since I was six, and then he reaches down and takes my hand. Maybe sometimes dreams really do come true.

Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, "It will be happier." —Alfred Lord Tennyson

See no one loves you more than me...and no one ever will

I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away.

There was a brief flash of anger in Josie's eyes. "I thought Sabrina kept my name out of it. She'd promised that she would." "She kept her word, but you went with her to meet an artist. She wanted him to draw a sketch of the tattoo you saw on your attackers. He mentioned your name to me.

Somehow he promised each of us a great romance, without a touch or a word. He was an accomplished tease.

The future is as full of promise as it is fraught with uncertainty.

I swear before God ... and four more white people! This is the last time!

If we don't blow ourselves up, the future will be wonderful.

Nobody wants to hear that you will try your best. It is the wrong thing to say. It is like saying 'I probably won't hit you with a shovel.' Suddenly everyone is afraid you will do the opposite.

Every new promise was like something heavy I had to carry, with no place to put anything down.

As she worked, she remembered something her parents had said to her when Klaus was born, and against when they brought Sunny home from the hospital. 'you are the eldest Baudelaire child,' they had said, kindly but firmly. 'And as the eldest, it will always be your responsibility to look after your younger siblings. Promise us that you will always watch out for them and make sure they don't get into trouble.

When you find the sort of people who will show up to give you a ride exactly when they've promised to do so, hold on to them for dear life.

I told you," Count Olaf said weakly. "I told you I'd do that one last time.

As he has promised, no harm has come to the Baudelaire orphans in the Reptile Room, but great harm had come to Uncle Monty.