#commitment

I introduced Nora as my wife, though that was a lie. Old people, that's what they wanted to hear. If you were married, you were mature, reliable, exactly like them, because in their day men and women didn't just live together--they made a commitment, they had children and went on cruises and built big houses on lakes and filled them with all the precious trinkets and manufactured artifacts they'd collected along the way. ↗

— T.C. Boyle

#cohabitation #commitment #marriage #maturity #reliability

I want to grow a Loyalty Beard, to prove my commitment to my favorite shaving cream. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#commitment #humor #loyalty #change

Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. ↗

— Mario Andretti

#desire #determination #motivation #success #motivational

Jack: "..You were the on­ly one I saw when I closed my eyes" Lexi: "Then why wasn't I enough when they were open? ↗

— K.A. Linde

#hurt #jack #lexi #commitment

When I first arrived in London, I so quickly tired of being surrounded by so many people that it was only with great difficulty that I refrained from seizing the next unfortunate who crossed my path and committing violent acts upon their person. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#will-herondale #commitment

I'm not stupid. I know exactly what's going on, and I'm not fighting it. If I have to go through this, I will glean from it any small benefit I can receive. I will not fight this. Bring it on. Bring on the cure. Bring on the fucking happy. I'm committed. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#commitment

Lies require commitment. ↗

— Veronica Roth

#commitment

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more. ↗

— Mark Twain

#rake #commitment

If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart? ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#good #commitment

When you're young and healthy you can plan on Monday to commit suicide, and by Wednesday you're laughing again. ↗

— Marilyn Monroe

#my-story #suicide #commitment