#promises

How is it that, once victory took form and the horrible spectacle of the extermination camps was revealed, we could have shamelessly broken the promises given to the peoples in those years of ordeal? ↗

— Rene Cassin

#camps #could #extermination #form #given

I promise that this will be the last time you’ll see me. I won’t come back. I won’t put you through anything like this again. You can go on with your life without any more interference from me. It will be as if I’d never existed. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#false-promises #life

She was every inch the skeletal goddess that had been promised by the bones of her feet. ↗

— Jefferson Smith

#body-image #bones #dieting #fantasy #feet

I try to take people one at a time, with all the contradictions and compromises that most of us live with. ↗

— Garry Trudeau

#contradictions #i #live #most #people

What glitters may not be gold; and even wolves may smile; and fools will be led by promises to their deaths. ↗

— Lauren Oliver

#fools #glitter #gold #promises #death

Not fair! Okay, what's the record? How many times? If you can count them, he didn't drop you out. Nadine groaned, shuddered, grinned. 'Bitch. ↗

— J.D. Robb

#death

What if God doesn’t keep his promises? ↗

— K Howard Joslin

#faith #faithfulness #god #promises #faith

For a moment, there was silnece, and then at Brooke's nod, the rest of the Squad, minus me, chimed in. "Yes, sir." I said nothing. For one thing, I wasn't exactly keen on speaking in unison, and for another, I wasn't about to make any promises I couldn't keep. "Toby." I jumped in my seat. The Voice actually knew my name. And somehow, he had the freaky ability to ascertain that of all of us, I was the one who hadn't responded. "Do you understand?" I contemplated telling him what I didn't understand was his familial relationshiops, but stayed momentarily silent, causing everyone within a three-foot radius to kick me under the table at once. "Ow!" I cleared my throat. "I mean, yes." I didn't throw the sir on the end, but apparently, that was good enough for the Voice. "Excellent. Report in tonight, and we'll have more information for you all tomorrow. And girl?" "Yes?" "Congratulations on the homecoming nominations. We're all very proud. ↗

— Jennifer Lynn Barnes

#girls #promises #silence #sir #squad

It was not despair, but it seemed to her as if life were passing by, leaving its promises broken and unfulfilled. Yet there were other days when she listened, was led on and deceived by fresh promises which her youth had held out to her. ↗

— Kate Chopin

#life

The best promises forever seem to be made by amnesiacs. ↗

— Chris Gould

#promises #quote #life