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Quotes About Promise

You carry me with ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens. You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I wilna let you go. No, I said softly, nor can you leave me. No,he said, half-smiling.For I have kept the the last of the vow as well. I could feel the warm breath of his words upon my ear, whispered in the dark. For I give ye my spirit,'til our life shall be done.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Sassenach… I love ye now, and I will love ye always. Whether I am dead – or you – whether we are together or apart. You know it is true, he said quietly, and touched my face. "I know it of you, and ye know it of me as well.
~ Diana Gabaldon
A forced oath canna bind a man, though, or keep him from his knowledge of right.
~ Diana Gabaldon
For I give ye my spirit, 'til our life shall be done.
~ Diana Gabaldon
It was very, very peaceful, and all of a sudden I found myself shaking so hard that I had to sit down on the stream bank. Anytime. It could happen anytime, and just this fast. I wasn't sure which seemed most unreal; the bear's attack, or this, the soft summer night, alive with promise. I rested my head on my knees, letting the sickness, the residue of shock, drain away.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I had no need to ask or to wonder whether he would keep his word. He had freed me once from Wentworth, because he had given his word to do so. His word, once given, was his bond. Jack Randall was a gentleman.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Jamie reached across and took my right hand in his, his fingers linking with mine, and the silver of my ring shone red in the glow of the flames. I looked up into his face and saw the promise spoken in his eyes, as it was in mine. "As long as we both shall live.
~ Diana Gabaldon
left me studying the birds, with the assurance that he would shortly
~ Diana Gabaldon
You do not think I would take ye without offering you marriage!
~ Diana Gabaldon
I knelt at Ellen's feet, as I kneel now by yours, And I swore to her by the name o' the threefold God, that I would follow ye always, to do your bidding, and guard your back, when ye became a man grown, and needing such service. Aye, lad. I do cherish ye as the son of my own loins.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Whither thou goest,' " I said, " 'I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried.' " Be it Scottish hill or southern forest. "You do what you have to; I'll be there.
~ Diana Gabaldon
It will be all right," he said, taking her hand. "We will succeed—and we will rescue Señor Stubbs. I promise you.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, 'til our Life shall be Done.'
~ Diana Gabaldon
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~ Diana Gabaldon
All right. Go and find them. I'll come in the morning—at first light. Meet me where I found you, all right?" "Awright," she whispered, and laid a small white hand on his chest, just over his heart. "Sank you, Wiyum.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Ye are Blood of my Blood, and Bone of my Bone. I give ye my Body, that we Two might be One. I give ye my Spirit, till our Life shall be Done.
~ Diana Gabaldon
No matter what," he whispered, "no matter where. No matter whether you're there to hear or not—I'll always sing for you.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I will find you," he whispered in my ear. "I promise. If I must endure two hundred years of purgatory, two hundred years without you—then that is my punishment, which I have earned for my crimes. For I have lied, and killed, and stolen; betrayed and broken trust. But there is the one thing that shall lie in the balance. When I shall stand before God, I shall have one thing to say, to weigh against the rest." His
~ Diana Gabaldon
I swear to thee, friend, and may God Almighty bear me witness. For the sake of your love to me, never shall those that are yours go wanting, while I have aught to give.
~ Diana Gabaldon
I came back to to the still-warm bed, holding in my mind the picture of the laird of Lallybroch, half-naked in the moonlight, pouring out his heart to an unknown future, holding in his lap the promise of his blood.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Twenty-four years ago today, I married ye, Sassenach,' he said softly. 'I hope ye willna have cause yet to regret it.' The
~ Diana Gabaldon
INCIPIENT THUNDER
~ Diana Gabaldon
I am going to be where you are for the rest of our lives, I said firmly. If that's a week or another forty years. Longer, he said, and smiled
~ Diana Gabaldon
I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.
~ David Petraeus