Quotes About Commitment

Well then, Homer. I expect you to be of use.

you've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed. You have to keep passing the open windows.

After all: I had been practicing lifting up Owen Meany—forever. The

for a brief phase, you were expected to absorb love (and get enough), and then, for a much longer and more serious phase, you were expected to fulfill certain obligations. When

for a brief phase, you were expected to absorb love (and get enough), and then, for a much longer and more serious phase, you were expected to fulfill certain obligations

Tobit—the one that goes, "That she and I may grow old together.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU HAVE TO PROTECT IT -- IF YOU'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO FIND A WAY OF LIFE YOU LOVE, YOU HAVE TO FIND THE COURAGE TO LIVE IT.

If you're fortunate enough to discover a way of life that you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

And when you love a book, commit one glorious sentence of it, -perhaps your favorite sentence- to memory. That way you won't forget the language of the story that perhaps moved you to tears.

If you're not prepared to watch me die, you'll be worthless to me when the time comes.

If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

If you are lucky enough to find a way of life that you love, you have to find the courage to live it.

Loving long novels plays havoc with going to school

Emma Oastler had made Jack's future her business

You don't have to make a commitment or anything," Emma said. "That you're my best friend is enough of a miracle.

No matter what my fucking last words were, please say they were these: 'I have always known that the pursuit of excellence is a lethal habit.

He had simply made up his mind to go some time before, and that anyone looking for excuses to leave can always find them.

But in her first days with us, Susie was a bear on the rape issue—and on a lot of other issues, too.

My mother and I smoked a cigarette; she was trying to quit as I was trying to start. Therefore, we shared a cigarette between us- in fact, we'd promised never to smoke a whole one alone.

But what was happening to Gorse and Cynda was beyond serious. It was the sort of thing she'd vowed to stop someday. The day had just come early—too early, before she'd assembled a capable team. Not exactly the new dawn she'd had in mind.

The only side worth saving," he said, turning toward her, "is ours?

Ware's—in the Gazette, and I'll continue to do

There are no ordained results in this world, I've discovered. The trying is what counts most.

The problem with marriage, we all know, is the endlessness of it. Plenty of things we do will have long-term repercussions, but in what other situation do you promise to do something for the rest of your life?