#vows

There was something of relative freedom in that feudal gesture of the vow; for no man asks vows from slaves anymore than from spades. ↗

— G.K. Chesterton

#freedom #history #vows #freedom

What kinda vows?" Celibacy? I thought, though I didn't say it. Nobody keeps a celibacy vow anyway. ↗

— Cassandra Rose Clarke

#funny #vows #funny

The only parts that really matter and take commitment in wedding vows are; worse, sickness and poorer. Better, richer and healthy is pretty easy to deal with. ↗

— Rob Liano

#inspiration #maturity #responsibility #wedding-vows #inspirational

I promise to love and cherish you, to honor and sustain you, in sickness and in health, in poverty and in wealth,in the bad that may darken our days, in the good that may light our way. Tirzah, beloved, I promise to be true to you in all things until I die. And even beyond that, God willing ↗

— Francine Rivers

#vows #love

Till the stars grow old and our sun grows cold? Will you fight for us, lie for us, love us - and let us love you? ↗

— Robert Heinlein Time Enough for Love

#love

Blood of my Blood," he whispered, "and bone of my bone. You carry me within ye, Claire, and ye canna leave me now, no matter what happens, You are mine, always, if ye will it or no, if ye want me or nay. Mine, and I wilna let ye go. ↗

— Diana Gabaldon

#marriage #romance #vows #love

His own parents, the estimable Gilchrists, a couple who had taken the 'till death' part of their own wedding vows so seriously he wouldn't be surprised if they one day throttled one another, had naturally wangled the next best seat in the house: row two, on the aisle. ↗

— Ally Blake

#vows #death

No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me." "Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?" It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. I knew I had to step up and claim it. "I can't let Nico be in any more danger," I said. "I owe that much to his sister. I…let them both down. I'm not going to let that poor kid suffer any more. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#percy-jackson #vows #heroism

The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows. ↗

— George William Curtis

#new #new year #vows #white #year

Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#between #candidate #forgotten #like #made