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074f4f6 "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." marriage romance vows Diana Gabaldon
b9cd75a "How can you still count yourself a knight, when you have forsaken every vow you ever swore?" Jaime reached for the flagon to refill his cup. "So many vows...they make you swear and swear. Defend the king. Obey the king. Keep his secrets. Do his bidding. Your life for his. But obey your father. Love your sister. Protect the innocent. Defend the weak. Respect the gods. Obey the laws. It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or the other." jaime-lannister king knight life love obey protect respect vows George R.R. Martin
512da1e 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 vows Francine Rivers
a4eedfd "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." percy-jackson vows Rick Riordan
afbb2a9 "Why?" he asked Pate. "What am I to them?" "A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said." -- knighthood vows George R.R. Martin
c303ec7 "Why?" he asked Pate. "What am I to them?" "A knight who remembered his vows," the smith said." knighthood vows George R.R. Martin
8d79680 "Cathy, don't look so defeated. She was only trying to put us down again. Maybe nothing did work out right for her, but that doesn't mean we are doomed. Let's go forth tomorrow with no great expectations of finding perfection. Then, expecting only a small share of happiness, we won't be disappointed." If a little hill of happiness would satisfy Chris, good for him. But after all these years of striving, hoping, dreaming, longing-I wanted a mountain high! A hill wasn't enough. From this day forward, I vowed to myself, I was in control of my life. Not fate, not God, not even Chris was ever again going to tell me what to do, or dominate me in any way. From this day forward, I was my own person, to take what I would, when I would, and I would answer only to myself. I'd been kept prisoner, held captive by greed. I'd been betrayed, deceived, tied to, used, poisoned ... but all that was over now." captive decieved defeat defeated doom doomed dreaming expectations fate great-expectations greed happiness longing perfection poisened put-downs striving towmorrow used vow vows wanting wants years years-of-struggle V.C. Andrews
02e60e3 From this day forward, I vowed to myself, I was in control of my life. Not fate, not God, not even Chris was ever again going to tell me what to do, or dominate me in any way. From this day forward, I was my own person, to take what I would, when I would, and I would answer only to myself. control domination fate life vow vows V.C. Andrews
3046b67 A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make their way into his imagination, and relax his muscles in the very moments when he is telling himself over again the reasons for his vow. vows George Eliot
c65fb76 Even if we have grown so far apart that we don't recognize each other when we pass, we have this life, this block of time, and what do you think about that? life marriage promises sharing vows Jodi Picoult
b8bc0d2 But these people were judged very stupid by their friends. Was not Jonathan Strange known to be precisely the sort of whimsical, contradictory person who would publish against himself? christianity community faith family god godly honor obstacles vows word world Susanna Clarke