“Young writers if they are to mature require a period of between three and seven years in which to live down their promise. Promise is like the mediaeval hangman who after settling the noose, pushed his victim off the platform and jumped on his back, his weight acting a drop while his jockeying arms prevented the unfortunate from loosening the rope. When he judged him dead he dropped to the ground.” IfsWritingYearsYoungThreeActingArmsPeriodsPromiseWeightVictimSevenSettlingMatureJudgedPlatformsUnfortunateRopeSeven YearsYoung WritersHangmanNooses Book:Enemies of Promise Source: Enemies of Promise
“When you honor God, the storms may come, but you have a promise that others don’t have: When it’s all said and done, you’ll still be standing. You may suffer a setback, but don’t get discouraged. If you’ll stay in faith, God promises that when the smoke clears, when the dust settles, you won’t be the victim, you’ll be the victor.” IfsMaySaidStillsDoneSufferingHonorPromiseStandingVictimStormDustSmokeSettlingDiscouragedSetbackConfidence In GodSaid And DoneGod Promises Author:Joel Osteen
“The most important lesson of American history is the promise of the unexpected. None of our ancestors would have imagined settling way over here on this unknown continent. So we must continue to have society that is hospitable to the unexpected, which allows possibilities to develop beyond our own imaginings.” WayImportantPossibilityPromiseLessonsSettlingUnexpectedAncestorContinentsAmerican HistoryImportant Lessons Author:Daniel J. Boorstin
“For paradise we long. For perfection we were made...This longing is the source of the hunger and dissatisfaction that mark our lives...This longing makes our loves and friendships possible, and so very unsatisfactory. The hunger is for...nothing less than perfect communion with the...one in whom all the fragments of our scattered existence come together...we must not stifle this longing. It is a holy dissatisfaction. Such dissatisfaction is not a sickness to be healed, but the seed of a promise to be fulfilled...The only death to fear is the death of settling for something less.” LongMadeTogetherPerfectExistenceOur LivesSourceHolyPromisePerfectionMarkLongingHungerSeedsSettlingParadiseSicknessFulfilledCommunionOur LoveFragmentsHealedDissatisfactionLove And Friendship Author:Richard John Neuhaus
“The story of my recent life.' I like that phrase. It makes more sense than 'the story of my life', because we get so many lives between birth and death. A life to be a child. A life to come of age. A life to wander, to settle, to fall in love, to parent, to test our promise, to realize our mortality- and in some lucky cases, to do something after that realization.” LoveChildrenStoriesAgeFallParentRealizingCasesBirthPromiseLuckyTestsFalling In LoveWanderRealizationSettlingPhrasesMortalityStory Of My LifeBirth And Death Author:Mitch Albom
“My blood rose, mixing with my lingering fear of the unknown to drive her to a fever pitch. Her lips touched my lower neck and vertigo spun the room, burning tracings of desire to settle deep and low in me. I exhaled into the promise of more to come, calling it to me. I breathed it in like smoke, the rising passion starting a feeling of abandonment inside. I didn’t care anymore if it was right or wrong. It just was.” IfsFeelingsCareDesirePassionRoomsBloodCallingPromiseLowsRoseStartingLipsBurningSmokeSettlingRisingNecksTouchedAbandonmentFeverMixingSpunLingeringFear Of The UnknownTracingVertigoFever Pitch Author:Kim Harrison
“She went back to Shane and settles in on his lap again, arm around his neck. His circled her waist. "I thought you had to go," he said. "And don't think i didn't see you kissing on my best friend." "He deserved it." "Yeah. Maybe i ought to kiss him, too." Michael, on his way out, didn't bother to turn around for that one. "Oh sure, you always promise.” ThinkingWaySaidTurnsArmsOughtPromiseKissingYeahBotherSettlingNecksMy Best FriendLapShane Book:Black Dawn Source: Black Dawn