“The Mississippi Delta is not always dark with rain. Some autumn mornings, the sun rises over Moon Lake, or Eagle, or Choctaw, or Blue, or Roebuck, all the wide, deep waters of the state, and when it does, its dawn is as rosy with promise and hope as any other.” DoeStatesWaterDarkMorningSunPromiseMoonRainBlueWideDawnLakesAutumnEaglesMississippiRosySun RiseDeltaDeep WaterMississippi Delta Book:Wolf Whistle Source: Wolf Whistle
“The usual pattern of demagogues is to promise the moon, fail to deliver, and then blame vulnerable others for those failures.” FailingPromiseMoonBlamePatternsVulnerableUsual Author:Van Jones
“The fruition of the year had come and the night should have been fine with a moon in the sky and the crisp sharp promise of frost in the air, but it wasn't that way. It rained and little puddles of water shone under the street lamps on Main Street. In the woods in the darkness beyond the Fair Ground water dripped from the black trees.” WayShouldYearsLittlesHas BeensNightBlackWaterDarknessAirTreeSkyStreetsFinePromiseMoonFairsShould HaveWoodsLampsShould Have BeenFrostCrispsPuddlesFruitionMain Street Book:Winesburg, Ohio Source: Winesburg, Ohio
“He could tell her he loved her. He ached to shout it out loud for the gods and everyone to hear. Little good it would do. Better to trust in the moon's promises than in the word of the Thief of Eddis. He was famous in three countries for his lies.” LittlesCountryLyingThreePromiseMoonLoudThievesAttolia Author:Megan Whalen Turner
“This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.” FirstsMeanAgeSpacePromiseMoonCandidatesConventionsKeeping PromisesKept Promises Author:David Brinkley
“It feels strange to me to be living in a box, hiding from the steadying influence of the moon; wearing the hide of a cow, which is supposed to be dyed to match God-knows-what, on my feet; making promises over the telephone about things I will do at a precise hour next year.” KnowsFeelsYearsNextHoursFeetInfluenceStrangePromiseMoonBoxesSupposed To BeHidingCowsPreciseTelephonesGod KnowsNext Year Book:High Tide in Tucson Source: High Tide in Tucson
“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.” IfsLastsGoes OnPromiseMoonLast TimeI PromiseInterferenceNew MoonTwilight EdwardFalse Promises Book:New Moon Source: New Moon
“Away! Away! The spell of arms and voices: the white arms of roads, their promise of close embraces and the black arms of tall ships that stand against the moon, their tale of distant nations. They are held out to say: We are alone. Come. And the voices say with them: We are your kinsmen. And the air is thick with their company as they call to me, their kinsman, making ready to go, shaking the wings of their exultant and terrible youth... Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.” SoulRealityNationsBlackVoiceWhiteRaceCompanyAirYouthReadyArmsTerriblePromiseMoonConscienceEmbraceWingsTalesShipsWelcomeMy SoulEncountersTallSpellsThickShakingTall Ships Author:James Joyce