Quotes About Sacrifice

He whispered, "More than life, more than honor, I love thee." What do you say when a man whose entire existence had been his honor offers to give it up for you? You say the only thing you can. "More than any crown or throne or title, I love thee," I said. "More than any power in faerie, I love thee." The

love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself. It can require risking everything you are, not just in battle, but emotionally. Sometimes you have to risk it all to gain it all.

I've seen what a whip can do,' Jason said suddenly. 'Don't hurt them.' I stared at him. 'You don't strike me as the self-sacrificing kind.' He shrugged. 'We all have our moments.

I don't think we can do that. At these prices you should bring the cow out and have a ritual sacrifice at the table. Just do it. I handed him the menu. He took it.

You saved me because you could not bear the thought of leaving me behind." He touched my face, very gently. "Not from a sense of right and wrong, but because you are just that tenderhearted.

You can't save everybody. In fact, there are days when I think you can't save anyone.

I killed Haven because he tried to kill Nathaniel, and that is not allowed. For that he had to die, because I looked into his eyes and knew that while he was alive, Nathaniel wasn't safe, and I'd do anything to keep him safe.

Edward annuì e, nello scrutarmi, i suoi occhi s'intenerirono un poco. «So che secondo te dovrei lasciare Donna e i ragazzi. Hai sempre pensato che fosse una pessima idea.» «Può anche darsi... Eppure tu li ami, e loro amano te. L'amore è difficile da trovare, Edward, e non bisogna mai gettarlo via soltanto perché è una pessima idea.»

Eventually, but I chose her for you. I knew what you liked and I shopped with an eye for keeping you, not for satisfying myself, and it worked. It worked better than I could have dreamed. I should have realized that I had set myself up for the two people I loved most in the world to love each other more than they loved me.' Jean-Claude

If you are following Deity's plan for you, it isn't always the easy path; sometimes it's the hard one. So why follow? Because to do any less is to betray your own abilities and gifts, and the faith that Deity has in you. Who would do that willingly?

Si Dieu est amour, il ne peut pas avoir créé le fléau qu'est Ma Dame, et si c'est le Diable qui s'en est chargé, il doit prier pour qu'elle ne meure pas réellement, sans quoi, je ne lui donnerais pas cent ans avant de diriger l'Enfer.

sometimes things need to hurt some now, so they don't hurt a lot more later.

It seems the more of a parent you are, the less you are of anything else.

It hurt to kill a dream, like tearing petals off a rose in full bloom.

That is fairly tame, I must say. If one is to have a blood sacrifice, I would hope there would at least be a bit more drama about it. Otherwise, it strikes me as a waste of a perfectly good human.

She could only hold on to her husband with both hands and promise herself that the best way to keep someone was to let him go.

A hero is, in the words of Joseph Campbell, "someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself."2

but what was devotion if not the habit and the piling up of small considerations?

I want to make a memorial for our turkey. Never has a bird been so tortured to provide such a lousy dinner.

We held hands when we walked down the gingerbread path into the forest, blood dripping from our fingers. We danced with witches and kissed monsters. We turned us into wintergirls, when she tried to leave, I pulled her back into the snow because I was afraid to be alone.

She offered herself to the big, bad wolf and didn't scream when he took the first bite.

This is wonderful, wonderful! Be the bird. You are the bird. Sacrifice yourself to abandoned family values....

Most life is spent doing things we don't want to do.

The good soldier swears to kill. Fire the cannon, mount the barricade, lock and load. Smell your brother's blood on your shirt. Wipe your sister's brains off your face. Die, if you have to, so they'll live. Kill to keep your people alive, live to kill some more.