“New Year's Eve. It's a promise of a night. Single, married or widowed, in love, loveless or lovelorn, we all leave our apartments and pick through snow in high heels, or descend subway stairs in tuxedos, lured to wherever we're going--whether we know it or not, would deny it or not--by the kiss of a stranger.” KnowsYearsNightPromiseKissingMarriedPicksStrangerDenySnowNew YearHeelsApartmentStairsSubwayHigh HeelsNew Years EveLovelessTuxedosWidowed Author:Jardine Libaire
“Repeat after me. I promise not to run outside of the house. I promise not to run inside of the house. I promise not to touch, pick up, step on, anything that looks interesting.” LooksRunningHouseInterestingStepsPromisePicksRepeatsI Promise Author:Bill Cosby
“Now he's [Cinna] arranging things around my living room: Clothing, fabrics, and sketchbooks with designs he's drawn. I pick one up and examine one of the dresses I supposedly created. You know, I think I show a lot of promise," I say. Get dressed, you worthless thing.” ThinkingKnowsShowsRoomsDesignPromisePicksDressesClothingsFabricWorthlessLiving RoomArrangingCinnaSketchbooksArranging Things Author:Suzanne Collins
“God is frightful, God is great--you pick. I choose this: God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up as stars to guide us. They are the promise of good fortune in a cloudless day, and the animals in the clouds; look hard enough, and you'll see them. Don't ask if they're real.” IfsLooksRealSometimesHardEnoughAsksStarsAnimalPromisePicksMiracleFortuneCloudsDetailsGuidesUnnecessaryGood FortuneGod Is Great Book:Small Wonder Source: Small Wonder
“She's afraid to tell me anything important, knowing I'll only turn around and write about it. In my mind, I'm like a friendly junkman, building things from the little pieces of scrap I find here and there, but my family's started to see things differently. Their personal lives are the so-called pieces of scrap I so casually pick up, and they're sick of it. More and more often their stories begin with the line "You have to swear you'll never repeat this." I always promise, but it's generally understood that my word means nothing.” WritingMindMeanLittlesImportantStoriesTurnsLinesKnowingPiecesBuildingPromisePicksUnderstoodMy FamilySickRepeatsFriendlySwearPersonal LifeHere And ThereScrapBuilding ThingsWords Mean Nothing Author:David Sedaris
“Sam picks the stone up and clenches his entire body in deep concentration. Nothing happens. " Oh come on," he says to the stone. " I promise to use it for the power of good. No girls' locker rooms, I swear.” UseBodyHappensGirlRoomsPromisePicksStonesConcentrationSwearI PromiseLockersLocker Room Author:Pittacus Lore