“Do you solemnly swear never to conceal a vital clue from the reader? Do you promise to observe seemly moderation in the use of gangs, conspiracies, Super Criminals and Lunatics and utterly and forever to forswear Mysterious Poisons unknown to science? Will you honor the King's English? ... If you fail to keep your promise, may other writers steal your plots and your pages swarm with misprints.” IfsMayUseNovelForeverFailingMysteryReaderKingsHonorPromisePagesCriminalsStealingMysteriousPoisonPlotConspiracySwearModerationClueGangSwarmsMystery Novels Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“I believe with all my heart in delivering on my contract with my readers. They've got plenty of other things to do, so I had better give them a reason to turn every one of these 550 pages. This is my promise: I solemnly swear I'll make you laugh out loud at least once, cry a little in private, and burn whatever you left on the stove.” GivingBelieveHeartLittlesReasonTurnsLeftI BelieveLaughingCryReaderMy HeartPromisePagesPlentyLoudThings To DoContractsSwearDeliveringMake You LaughStovesLaugh Out Loud Author:Barbara Kingsolver
“Once we truly grasp the message of the New Testament, it is impossible to read the Old Testament again without seeing Christ on every page, in every story, foreshadowed or anticipated in every event and narrative. The Bible must be read as a whole, beginning with Genesis and ending with Revelation, letting promise and fulfillment guide or expectations for what we will find there.” WholeStoriesChristianChristImpossibleSeeingEventsPromiseMessagesPagesExpectationsBibleGuidesNarrativeFulfillmentRevelationsTestamentNew TestamentGenesisOld Testament Author:Michael Horton
“From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading to your kids now will repay itself a million-fold later, not only because they love you for reading to them, but also because, years later, when they’re gone and miles away, those quiet evenings, when you were tucked in with them, everything quiet but the sound of the page-turns, will, seem to you, I promise...... sacred.” YearsTwoSeemsKidsTurnsReadingParentSoundMillionsGoneWonderfulMinutesLove YouPerspectivePromiseQuietPagesSacredInstinctMilesEveningFoldsI PromiseMiles Away Author:George Saunders
“Casting is so important, with any film you do. You have to get actors that you believe will fulfill the promise of the characters that are on the page.” BelieveImportantCharacterFilmActorsPromisePagesCasting Author:Jerry Bruckheimer
“I'm so used to artists saying to me, "Listen, I'm going to have five pages done next week," and then three weeks later I'm phoning them, begging them for two pages. And Stuart [Immonen]is a guy who will promise you five pages and deliver six pages, and the six pages are even better than you could have ever imagined.” TwoDoneUsedArtistGuyThreeNextFiveWeekPromiseSixPagesBeggingBetter Than YouNext Week Author:Mark Millar
“Then, in my most careful handwriting, come all the details it would be a crime to forget. Lady licking Prim's cheek. My father's laugh. Peeta's father with the cookies. The colour of Finnick's eyes. What Cinna could do with a length of silk. Boggs reprogramming the Holo. Rue poised on her toes, arms slightly extended, like a bird about to take flight. On and on. We seal the pages with salt water and promises to live well to make their death count.” WellsWould BeEyeFatherWaterForgetLaughingCrimeArmsPromisePagesBirdDetailsCarefulFlightColourLengthSaltCheeksToesCookiesSealsSilkLive WellPeetaHandwritingLickingRueFinnickCinnaSalt Water Author:Suzanne Collins