#loyalty

Behold your new mistress, my wife," he pronounced, "and know that when she bids you, I have bidden you. What service you render her, you are rendering me. What loyalty you give or withhold from her, you give or withhold from me!" -Royce Westmoreland ↗

— Judith McNaught

#loyalty #mistress #render #dreams

They say that dogs may dream, and when Topsy was old, his feet would move in his sleep. With his eyes closed he would often make a noise that sounded quite human, as if greeting someone in his dreams. At first it seemed that he believed Sara would return, but as the years went by I understood that his loyalty asked for no reward, and that love comes in unexpected forms. His wish was small, as hers had been -- merely to be beside her. As for me, I already knew I would never get what I wanted. ↗

— Alice Hoffman

#love #loyalty #wishes #dreams

No, the secret is that there's no reward and we have to endure our characters and our natures as best we can, because no amount of experience or insight is going to rectify our deficiencies, our self-regard, or our cupidity. We have to learn that our desires do not find any real echo in the world. We have to accept that the people we love do not love us, or not in the way we hope. We have to accept betrayal and disloyalty, and, hardest of all, that someone is finer than we are in character or intelligence. ↗

— Sándor Márai

#deire #disloyalty #love #experience

Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments--because they're willing to brave the shadows with you--and in your greatest moments--because they're not afraid to let you shine. ↗

— Nicole Yatsonsky

#friendship #love #loyalty #truth #friendship

Why does this mean so much to you, Jon?" The Prince turned. "Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough? ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#loyalty #friendship

Ask us for any help you need...Let us be strong for you. ↗

— Juliet Marillier

#help #loyalty #strength #friendship

Friends first." "Even before Brett?" "Always," Bekka said. Her lively freckled face was dead serious. "Wow," Melody said in surprise. They really were friends. Hearing it helped her feel it. And feeling it was like sinking deeper into a warm bath. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#loyalty #friendship

I’ll not let the pair of you charge boldly into wolves’ teeth without me alongside ↗

— Meredith Ann Pierce

#loyalty #risk #friendship

There's always two ways of looking at things... that seeing what's positive about a situation is a lot more fun and gets you a lot further than looking for what might be wrong with it. ↗

— D.J. MacHale

#loyalty #friendship

They say a woman's loyalty only lasts as long as it takes her to hang up and dial again. ↗

— Kim Gatlin

#irony #loyalty #woman #humor