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Quotes About Commitment

It was the reason he had survived. It was the ordinary way of saying she would refuse all other men. Only you. Come back.
~ Ian Mcewan
She was like a bride-to-be who begins to feel her sickening qualms as the day approaches, and dares not speak her mind because so many preparations have been made on her behalf the happiness and convenience of so many good people would be put at risk.
~ Ian Mcewan
When she found a place of her own and packed her bags he asked her to marry him. She kissed him, and quoted in his ear, He married a woman to stop her getting away, Now she's there all day.
~ Ian Mcewan
I will return. I will find you. Love you. Marry you. And live without shame.
~ Ian Mcewan
This, as they used to say, was the side on which her bread was buttered.
~ Ian Mcewan
Join MI5? I was ready to lead it.
~ Ian Mcewan
I'm raising my glass to that love. May it never be denied, forgotten, distorted, or rejected as illusion. To our love. It happened. It was true.
~ Ian Mcewan
And I was with the man I loved and we were rabbiting on about how we were going to help change the world, and we were on our way home to start our lives together. I even remember thinking to myself, I've never been happier than this. This is it!
~ 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
The truth is, we love each other, we've never stopped, we're obsessed. And we failed to do a thing with it. We couldn't make a life. We couldn't give up the love, but we wouldn't bend to its power.
~ Ian Mcewan
As if marriages were a series of corrected drafts.
~ Ian Mcewan
Stephen thought that if he could do everything with the intensity and abandonment with which he had once helped Kate build her castle, he would be a happy man of extraordinary powers.
~ Ian Mcewan
He married a woman to stop her getting away/Now she's there all day
~ Ian Mcewan
THE MARINES ENDURED.
~ Ian W. Toll
Men who got the best results were obsessive, preoccupied, and single-minded—"on the verge between brilliance and being crazy.
~ Ian W. Toll
If you asked for our souls, it wouldn't be too much
~ Ibrahim Nasrallah
If I fought for them and was crippled, they would all say nice things,and then they would replace me and forget I was ever there. You would stay with me. You would take care of me, because you love me. I love you too, Kate. If you ever became hurt, I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want'there' to be. -Curran to Kate
~ Ilona Andrews
I lied. I need your help. Who are we killing? Do you have a pen?
~ 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
Curran shrugged and pulled me back to him. 'You don't pick the family you're born into. You pick the one you make. I already chose my mate and glued her ass to the chair to make sure she knew it.
~ Ilona Andrews
Estene aleera hesaad de viren aneda . And now, you are forever mine.
~ Ilona Andrews
Would you like to work here with me? We have no clients and the pay is shit.
~ Ilona Andrews
I would not leave you. I'll be there. Wherever you want 'there' to be.
~ Ilona Andrews
I know you'll tell me to fuck off, but I think Curran loves you. Truly loves you. And I think you love him, Kate. That's rare. Think about it--if he really stood you up, why would he be so pissed off about the whole thing? You both can be assholes of the first order, so don't let the two of you throw it away. If you're going to walk away from it, at least walk away knowing the whole picture. You're right. Fuck off. I don't need him, I told her.
~ Ilona Andrews