Together, we can create a world in which peace is real; in which every human being can thrive; in which all share the promise of our century. I believe we can succeed. - Abdallah Ii It takes four angels to oversee an apocalypse: a recorder to make the book that would be scripture in the new world; a preserver to comfort and save those selected to be the first generation; an accuser to remind them why they suffer; and a destroyer to revoke the promise of survival and redemption, and to teach them the awful truth about furious sheltering grace. - Chris Adrian A woman needs to feel safe in love. She needs to know her husband accepts everything about her and still loves her. To be known through and through, including the failures of her past, the shortcomings of her character, and still be loved, that's the Promised Land of a woman's heart! That's where she finds rest. - Tessa Afshar People stay together and stay true only as long as they both want to. And all the promises ...

Face red, but brave in spite of it, Ethan offered an even smaller box. My hands shook as i opened it. Set in a gold promise ring, three small diamonds glittered. One for you, one for me, one for us, he said sweetly. I love you. - Ellen Hopkins It's a promise ring," he said solemnly. "The lady at the store said it's what you give the girl you love. It means I want to marry you someday. - Kristin Hannah They're promise rings," he whispered. Picking up the woman's, he lifted my right hand. Sliding it on my finger, he softly said, "You wear one," he slipped the man's on the ring finger of his right hand, "and I wear one. - S C Stephens

Never promise more than you can perform. - Publilius Syrus Fate never promises to tell you everything up front. You aren't always shown the path in life you're supposed to take. But if there was one thing she'd learned in the past few weeks, it was that sometimes, when you're really lucky, you meet someone with a map. - Sarah Addison Allen I have to ask you somethingpromise me you'll be open-minded?" She looked tentative. He nodded. "I've got some mad skills. Some mad sex skills. I want to do stuff to you, without you worrying about me." She looked at him with one eye closed. "I can never promise to stop worrying about you," Cole said, smiling. "You're all I think about. But I'm sure my body is up to this task. Do as you must. I won't fight you off," he said with a resolute sigh. - Debra Anastasia I never promised you a rose garden. - Traian Basescu God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you i...

I promise to charm the dickens out of him,' said Will, sitting up and readjusting his crushed hat. 'I shall charm him with such force that when I am done, he will be left lying limply on the ground, trying to remember his own name.' 'The man's eighty-nine', muttered Jem. 'He may well have the problem anyway. - Cassandra Clare Then Blake pulled another paper from the envelope: a reservation at a bed and breakfast in Rhinebeck. Blake nuzzled Livia's neck. Now this I know what to do with. You've been my bride. I promise to spend all night making you my wife. - Debra Anastasia Now this I know what to do with. You've been my bride. I promise to spend all night making you my wife. - Debra Anastasia Livia read from the paper as if it were a letter. Dear Blake Hartt, thank you. Thank you so much for thinking my smile was worth waiting for. Thank you for letting me see who you are inside. I found the sweetest spot in the worldit's wherever you are...

I dare you to let me be your your one and only. I promise I'm worth it To hold in your arms. So come on and give me a chance to prove I am the one who can walk that mile until the end starts - Adele I have to warn you. I promised my mother, a long time ago. She said I had to give folks a chance to walk away. - Lee Child A lot of people have been hyped up to be great but just disappeared. I promised myself I wouldn't be one of them. - Freddy Adu I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort. - Spiro T Agnew What I'm trying to tell you, Lila,' he said, his voice husky in his throat, "is that I've always been there, looking out for you, even when you didn't know it - even when you couldn't see me." My stomach flipped. Alex took hold of my hands and squeezed. "Nothing's changed. I'll be right there, I promise. You might not be able to see me, but I'll be there. - Sarah Alderson Tel...