Quotes About Commitment

excuse never to get attached to anyone or tied down, except to my work. It would be a constant tug-of-war to be a married butler, or one with children. I know some people do it now, and live out

But you have to believe in something. Yourself first of all. Each other. And if you're lucky, the prince and princess live to be very old.

We were kids in college with no responsibilities. It takes more than a wedding to make a marriage," she said sadly.

Su amor era tan fuerte y duradero que no necesitaba promesas.

with you all day and night while I'm trying to graduate.

so long. She promised to

his schedule and the fact that he was

I think you pay a price for taking the easy way out.

They had all chosen their paths and paid their dues by then, some more than others. Ted and Seth had both given up their dreams to please their parents. She and Claudia had never sold out, or given up who they were.

do. And besides, he's going to be away at

Sadly enough, one rarely marries the candlelight and champagne. One marries instead the blue jeans and rumpled t-shirts, the Coca Cola and burnt toast, and one puts away the candlelight and champagne in a magic box. In the long run, I guess Coca Cola and burnt toast are easier to live with

The freedoms that we cherish are meaningless without our commitments to one another: to civil discourse, to actively educating the next generation, to welcoming strangers, to loving our neighbors. The beginning of freedom is the beginning of responsibility. Our night of vigil has already begun.

I'm not canceling this trip." She added the words that strike terror into every traveler's heart. "It's non-refundable.

It sucks enough when girlfriends break plans with each other for a boy, but at least that's not against the natural order of things, like when a boy blows off his girlfriend for friends. . . . Or maybe I've had it wrong all along. Since friendships usually outlast relationships, why shouldn't friends receive preferential treatment? Because you don't sleep with your friends!

So it's all right for him to rule out a serious relationship, but it's wrong if I'm not ready to settle for less?

I wasn't expecting him to light candles or scatter rose petals. But I just made myself infertile for him, so the least he could've done was make the bed.

All I mean is that, hypothetically, why would we need to see anyone else? And as long as we're going out and happy, wouldn't marriage be the goal, even if it's a decade away? 'Cause if it's not, all this is pointless.

Does he try to have intercourse with you? Grandma! I gasp. Not that it's any of your business, but no! Good. Remember, no ring, no ring-a-ding-ding. Because once you spread your legs for him, do you know where he'll race once he's done? He'll race to another woman, that's where.

I can barely feel my arms now, and my shoulders are sore, but I take deep breaths and keep going. Every few seconds I alternate hands and lick them. Hand job is such a misnomer for this full-body routine. It's like I'm a one-man band.

Love wasn't a thing you fell in, but rose to. It was what stopped you from falling.

If your relationship fills you with a sense of luck, you've chosen well.

I want to ask her about the swim itself, the day and everything that happened, but she shrugs it off. The swim didn't matter so much, she says. That's not the hard part, the part she's proud of. She's proud of the training.

Throw up whatever's making you sick, Darren, he said, then get your behind back in here.

If he turned his back on humanity now, it would be forever.