“People lie. They use you and they lie, all the while feeding you bullshit about being loyal and never leaving you. No one can make that promise, because life is all about seasons, and seasons change.” PeopleUseLife IsLyingPromiseSeasonsLeavingLiarsLoyalBullshitFeedingPeople LieSeasons Change Author:Tarryn Fisher
“I think the President's decision to withdraw the United States, to keep a campaign promise in Iraq, without leaving a stay-behind force was a mistake, and I hear that from veterans in Wyoming and from parents who lost children fighting in Iraq. We're seeing it, though, around the world. When we, the United States leads a vacuum anywhere, that emboldens others to go in, when there is no sense of deterrence by the United States that lets bad actors move and fill the void.” ThinkingWorldChildrenMovingFightingParentDecisionMistakePromiseLeavingVeteran Author:John Barrasso
“Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that make it possible for them to access all the hope, all the promise, all the opportunity that America offers. And our programs to help them should reflect that.” PeopleGivingShouldHelpingAmericaOpportunityBehindsPromiseOffersProgramToolsLeavingAccessEmpoweringConservatismDisposable Author:Marco Rubio
“And you're not leaving," she said. "Promise me." It was as if she had asked him to promise to keep breathing, to notice sunshine, to permit the spinning of the earth. What choice did he have? Even if he left her, she would be camped in his heart, an insistent and willful presence. She would match her strides to his on any journey he ever took; she would lie beside him on any bed. Amalie, he said, "that's the easiest promise I've ever had to make.” IfsHeartSaidWould BeEarthLyingChoicesLeftJourneyPromiseBedLeavingBreathingSunshinePermitSpinningStridePromise Me Author:Sharon Shinn
“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.” IfsYouthBrokenPromiseDespairLeavingPassingPassingsDeceivedPassing By Book:Delphi Complete Works of Kate Chopin (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Kate Chopin (Illustrated)
“I was just trying to stay alive, looking for ways to find you, hoping you hadn't left me behind." "Never," I say. "Not never." He looks back up at me. "I'd never leave you neither." "You promise?" "Cross my heart, hope to die," he says, grinning shyly. "I promise, too," I say and I smile at him. "I ain't never leaving you, Todd Hewitt, not never again.” WayTryingLooksHeartDiesLeftBehindsAliveMy HeartPromiseCrossesLeavingI PromiseStaying AliveI SmileGrinning Author:Patrick Ness