Quotes tagged ‘Promise’

“Love is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise. If love were only a feeling, there would be no basis for the promise to love each other forever. A feeling comes and it may go. How can I judge that it will stay forever, when my act does not involve judgment and decision.”

— Erich Fromm, amazon.com

“You’re still the green-grey eyes, the laugh that warms me. You’re still the unbrushed hair. And I promise I’ll run my fingers through the tangles. Promise I’ll kiss every lonely strand, every broken follicle. Until you can taste the forever on my lips.”

— Marisa Donnelly, tcat.tc

“Isn’t that why you choose to stay it’s much harder to walk away because you’re in love with the person they’ve promised to become.”

— R.H. Sin, amazon.com

“I know you can’t promise much right now, but please promise me this – promise me you’ll hang in there because I can promise you things will get better.”

— Becca Martin, thoughtcatalog.com

“While we as empathic beings want to feel compassion for those in pain, that does not change the reality that forgiving an abuser to the extent of remaining with them, excusing the abuse, minimizing and denying it only perpetuates the abuse cycle and leads to further, sometimes even lethal, harm to t…”

— Shahida Arabi, thoughtcatalog.com

“Potential has a shelf life.”

— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com

“I do remember what I said. The promise. To protect her. If I had done that … even if I didn’t make it … you wouldn’t have had to jump. But I want you to know I did save you. Not when it counted, of course, but … after that. Every night after that. I see it all again … do something different. Faster…”

— Spike, amazon.com

“I promise, I'll come back for you. I promise, I'll never leave you.”

— Amalsy, amazon.com

“Make of our hands one hand. Make of our hearts one heart. Make of our vows one last vow. Only death will part us now.”

— Tony, amazon.com

“Winning that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me… it brought me to you … You must do me this honor, Rose. Promise me you’ll survive. That you won’t give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. Promise me now, Rose, and never let go of that promise.”

— Jack, amazon.com

“The future was plump with promise.”

— Maya Angelou, amazon.com

“'Kiss me again; and don’t let me see your eyes! I forgive what you have done to me. I love my murderer—but yours! How can I?”

— Emily Brontë, amazon.com

“You have a beautiful laugh. Like the promise of tomorrow.”

— Renee Ahdieh, amazon.com