Quotes About Sacrifice

Her father left school to join the navy in World War II and worked as a tool grinder and machine specialist at a knitting factory for twenty years—till it was bought by outsiders who closed it down. He lost his pension.

Thousands of billions of mothers—from the gelatinous ancestors of Octavia, to my own mother—have taught their kind to love, and to know that love is the highest and best use of a life. Love alone matters, and makes its object worthy. And love is a living thing, even if Octavia's eggs were not.

Sometimes love's not enough. And if it's not enough, what good is it ?

If you crave something, I'll be the one to give it to you. All of your needs, Eva, are mine to fulfill. Whatever it costs me.

I'd kill for you, give up everything I own for you.... but I won't give you up.

The truth hung heavy in the air between us, a near tangible thing. I;d kill for you, give up everything I own for you...but I won't give you up.

I know it's not fair to ask you to be with me when we can't even sleep in the same bed, but I'll love you better than anyone else could. I'll take care of you and make you happy. I know I can.

You're different," he said, touching my face. Of course I was. The man I loved had killed for me. A lot of things became inconsequential after a sacrifice like that.

I've never worked so hard for anything in my life as I have for you.

I'd stop the world from spinning for you

From the moment I first saw him— saw through his stunning and impossibly gorgeous exterior to the dark and dangerous man inside— I'd felt the pull that came from finding the other half of myself. I needed him like I needed my heart to beat, and he'd put himself in great jeopardy, risking everything— for me.

Sometimes love isn't enough. And if it's not enough, what good is it?

Doctor. Gideon set one ankle on the opposite knee and settled back, creating a picture of unyielding decisiveness. The only way I'm keeping my hands off her is if I'm dead. Find another way to fix us. Chapter 3 pg 50

If she wanted my money, I'd give her every cent. If she wanted another man, I'd make her forget him

was designed to protect his heart, to bind me and bribe me to stay with him no matter what. He was giving everything he had.

I would have found Eva eventually. And I would've wanted her, given up everything to have her. I would have left you to be with her. The end was inevitable.

Sometimes love isn't enough. And if it's not enough, what good is it?

He loved me so much more than he loved himself. It broke my heart that he'd sell himself short like that. It made it impossible to hold myself back. "You're everything to me," I breathed. "I think about you all the time.

I'd stop the world from spinning for you. That silly line oddly touched me. I love you. Liked that one, did you.

If I lose you, Eva," he said hoarsely, "I have nothing. Everything I've done is so I don't lose you.

I would always be obsessive when it came to her. I'd come to accept that. Eventually, she would, too. "There are things I can't give you. Don't fight me on the things I can.

Gideon pulled me down for the sweetest of kisses, his firm lips moving gently beneath mine. "I'd kill for you," he whispered, "give up everything I own for you… but I won't give you up.

You're the reason I breathe, I can't turn it off." I slid my mouth across her cheek. "I think of nothing but you. All day. Every day. Everything I do, I do with you in mind. There's no room for anyone else. It kills me that you have room for him.

Por ti yo haría que el mundo dejara de dar vueltas.