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Quotes About Promise

Grayson Hawthorne was arrogant enough to consider himself bulletproof—and honorable enough to see a promise through to its end.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
He gently traced the line of my jaw. "I won't let anyone hurt you ever again. You have my word." He thought he could protect me. He wanted to. He was touching me, and all I wanted was to let him. Let him protect me. Let him touch me.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I'd promised Grayson secrecy, but this was Hawthorne House. Most of the occupants were far too clever for their own good—or anyone else's.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Where is that incredible promise I hear my colleagues chatting about in the teachers' lounge?" Mr. Simpson asked Ryan facetiously. "You have a lot of fans at this school, Mr. Washburn. Surely they can't all be mistaken about your intellectual capacity. Perhaps the emancipation of every enslaved human being in this country is simply not significant enough to merit a student of your remarkable caliber taking note of the date?
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
You owe me a favor. - Emilia
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I leave to Avery Kylie Grambs.
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Ik heb nog iets van je tegoed. - Emilia
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
If anything happens to her, I will hold you personally responsible." - Grayson Hawthorne
~ Jennifer Lynn Barnes
You deserve better. I can't promise you I'll stay around, not because I don't want to. It's hard to explain. I'm a fuckup. I'm broken, and no one can fix it. I've tried. I'm still trying. I can't love anyone because it's not fair to anyone who loves me back.
~ Jennifer Niven
Laurel for you—can you stay on?
~ Elswyth Thane
Violence has never prospered, you can't remake the world in a day. Anyone who promises to change everything for you all at once is either a fool or a rogue!
~ Émile Zola
su cabecita maliciosa y le decía con sonrisa picaresca y confidencial: No me separo de ti. Vamos juntos.
~ Emilia Pardo Bazán
You are ignorant of the duties you undertake in marrying.
~ Emily Bronte
Well, say I promise I won't speak: but that does not bind me not to laugh at him!
~ Emily Bronte
I swear, on my salvation, he's going to his grave, and none but you can save him!
~ Emily Bronte
I perceived two such radiant countenances bent over the page of the accepted book, that I did not doubt the treaty had been ratified on both sides; and the enemies were, thenceforth, sworn allies.
~ Emily Bronte
Love as a verb. Love as a commitment.
~ Emily Giffin
Yet here we are, two children and a broken promise later, standing before each other, just the way we stood that day at the alter, with equal parts love and hope. And once again, I close my eyes, ready to take a leap of faith, ready for the long, hard road ahead. I have no idea how it's going to turn out, but then again, I never really did.
~ Emily Giffin
i want to make it official, i want to make it forever
~ Emily Griffin
What does a promise mean, when it's made to a monster?
~ Emma Donoghue
Yes, we will,' said George. 'Look – that is where the entrance
~ Enid Blyton
I shall go on believing you and trusting you every single time. And one day you'll be strong enough to keep your promise.
~ Enid Blyton
Butler," he called, his voice thin and childlike in the wind. "Yes, Artemis, what?" "If something goes wrong, wait for me. No matter how it looks, I will return. I will bring them all back.
~ Eoin Colfer
Leave me in peace and I probably won't kill you. No promises, mind. Probably is absolutely the best I can do.
~ Eoin Colfer