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What tale do you like best to hear?' 'Oh, I have not much choice! They generally run on the same theme - courtship; and promise to end in the same catastrophe - marriage. Charlotte Bronte
A scheme of which every part promises delight, can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defence of some little peculiar vexation. Jane Austen
One thing I am certain of, I do not want to be betrayed, but thats quite hard to say casually, at the beginning of a relationship. It’s not a word people use very often, which confuses me, because there are different kinds of infidelity, but betrayal is betrayal wherever you find it. By betrayal, I mean promising to be on your side, and then being on somebody else’s. Jeanette Winterson
You must have six boxes of cat food in that cupboard."Moshe gets cranky if I don't keep a variety."After tasking his breakfast, Alan found it better than he had expected. "I have a hard time understanding anyone as strong-willed as you being intimidated by a temperamental cat."Shelby lifted her shoulders and continued to eat. "We all have our weaknesses. Besides, as roommates go, he's perfect. He doesn't listen in on my phone calls or borrow my clothes."Are those your prerequisites?"They're... Nora Roberts
Michael Chabon quote: "As long as she was falling in love with me, I might as well..."
As long as she was falling in love with me, I might as well start making her promises I didn't intend to keep. Michael Chabon
Jacob was hardly in need of any physical protection I could offer. But my arms, pinned beneath Edward's, yearned to reach out to him. To wrap around his big, warm, waist in a silent promise of acceptance and comfort. Edward's shielding arms had become restraints. Stephenie Meyer
Georgette Heyer quote: "As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the..."
As soon as one promises not to do something, it becomes the one thing above all others that one most wishes to do. Georgette Heyer
Orson Scott Card quote: "We’re the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, but we eat the..."
We’re the wicked witch. We promise gingerbread, but we eat the little bastards alive. Orson Scott Card
Will you make a song for him?' the woman asked. 'He has a song,' the man replied. 'He is the prince that was promised, and his is the song of ice and fire. George R. R. Martin
But walking down the stairs feeling each stair carefully and holding to the banister he thought, I must get her away and get her away as soon as I can without hurting her. Because I am not doing too well at this. That I can promise you. But what else can you do? Nothing, he thought. There's nothing you can do. But maybe, as you go along, you will get good at it. Ernest Hemingway
Rex Stout quote: "What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to."
What the tongue has promised, the body must submit to. Rex Stout
Hey, do you know what you call a blond with a brain?" I asked, and the continued on the same breath, "a golden retriever."I've heard that one, too," she said, no longer smiling. I'll keep trying." I promised. Stephenie Meyer
Gilbert K. Chesterton quote: "Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be..."
Jesus promised his disciples three things—that they would be completely fearless, absurdly happy, and in constant trouble. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take care of themselves. Howard Nemerov
Reading the book now means that one can, if one wants, play Fantasy Literature--match writers off against each other and see who won over the long haul. Faulkner or Henry Green? I reckon the surprise champ was P.G. Wodehouse, as elegant and resourceful a prose stylist as anyone held up for our inspection here...he has turned out to be as enduring as anyone apart from Orwell. Jokes, you see. People do like jokes.(Hornby's thoughts after reading "Enemies of Promise" by Cyril Connolly) Nick Hornby

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