Quotes About Commitment

Have you ever dated someone because you were too lazy to commit suicide?

My love for you forged a bond to this land long before I even knew it. You play no part in my oaths to these people...because I made mine to you long ago, in my heart.

Eigentlich gehörte sie zu einer Generation, deren turnschuh-tragenden und Sushi-essenden Vertretern schon der Besitz einer Hauskatze als unerträgliche Verantwortung erschien. "Haus bauen, Baum pflanzen, Kind zeugen" war kein Glücksrezept mehr, sondern eine Horrorvision. Die Ewigpubertierenden wollten sich alles offen halten und wunderten sich dann über Orientierungslosigkeit.

Jede Anekdote endete allerdings mit der Feststellung, warum es sich trotzdem lohnte, eine Rossfrau zu lieben: Ihr Hintern blieb bis ins hohe Alter straff, sie wollte keine Kinder und ging nicht fremd.

If you're the only person left, as long as your hope is committed in action, then hope is alive in the world.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

Being in the mood to write, like being in the mood to make love, is a luxury that isn't necessary in a long-term relationship. Just as the first caress can lead to a change of heart, the first sentence, however tentative and awkward, can lead to a desire to go just a little further.

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.

nothing is too much trouble if it turns out the way it should.

Suddenly I'd found myself past thirty, shacked up with a fussy bald man nine years my senior who enjoyed monitoring every facet of our household—finances, thermostat, hot-water heater, water and electricity usage, lawn maintenance, and pest control.

Here was someone you simply knew you could trust, who might nag or infuriate or sulk, but whose greatest charm lay on the most durable of virtues: loyalty.

A man who breaks a promise has a weak place in his net. Sometimes he'll get by with it, but sometime he'll lose the catch of a lifetime.

Would you like to join your sister and the others? Or would you like a reprieve from the crowd?... Thank you, but I don't need a reprieve from my duty and I never will. There's a boast that's likely to come back like a bad cold.

Tú, Fernando, has decidido unir tu suerte a la de una mujer que nunca podrá quererte porque persigue un sueño y los sueños son fruto de nuestra imaginación, con lo que podemos adornarlos tanto como deseemos, estirarlos hasta el infinito, perseguirlos eternamente.

Me gustaría que éste fuera el anillo de compromiso, pero si insistes en no querer casarte conmigo, al menos espero que nunca te lo quites del dedo y te acuerdes de mí siempre.

No sabes nada, no sabes si seré capaz de hacerlo, si me perderé o llegaré a tiempo, no sabes qué haré si me detienen, no sabes si hablaré... Yo no puedo asegurarte nada, sólo que lo intentaré, que procuraré llegar a la hora que me digas al lugar que me indiques, que entregaré el paquete y que cuidaré de que nadie me siga. Sólo eso.

Todas las parejas nos peleamos, incluso yo a veces he tenido ganas de separarme, pero al final lo que cuenta es el amor, si hay amor en una pareja, todo lo demás no tiene importancia.

If there remains the smallest, most meagre fighting chance, I shall still fight, --- a losing battle no doubt, but I would consider myself unworthy of my own ideas, were I to give in before I completely convinced that all is lost.

I love you with everything I am, everything I've been, and everything I hope to be. I love you with my past, and I love you for my future. I love you for the children we'll have and for the years we'll have together. I love you for every one of my smiles and even more, for every one of your smiles.

In three days," he continued, "I will be your husband. I will take a solemn vow to protect you until death do us part. Do you understand what that means?" "You'll save me from marauding minotaurs?

I would give the world to have one more person for whom I would lay down my life.

I won't be satisfied with anything less than everything