“The first promise exchanged by two beings of flesh was at the foot of a rock that was crumbling into dust; they took as witness for their constancy a sky that is not the same for a single instant; everything changed in them and around them, and they believed their hearts free of vicissitudes. O children! always children!” LoveFirstsHeartChildrenTwoTimeChangeFeetSkyRocksChangedPromiseFleshDustWitnessInstantThings ChangeConstancyChildren LoveCrumblingVicissitudes Author:Denis Diderot
“A girl becomes a wife with her eyes wide open. She knows that those sweetest words, 'I take thee to be my wedded husband,' really mean, 'I promise thee to cook three meals a day for 60 years; thee will I clean up after; thee will I talk to even when thou art not listening; thee will I worry about, cry over and take all manner of hurts from.” KnowsMenYearsMeanArtWisdomEyeTimeGirlThreeHurtKnowledgeWorryWifeCryListeningPromiseHusbandCleanWideTheeCooksMealsHer EyesReally MeanSweetestI PromiseEyes Wide Open Author:Alan Beck
“What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade.” YoungTimePerfectMonthsPromiseSummerSpringGardenFulfillmentFadesJuneSummertimeSummer DaysJekyllSummer GardenSpring SummerSpring GardeningSummer InspirationalCute SummerGreat SummerSummer Time Book:Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur Source: Wood and Garden: Notes and Thoughts, Practical and Critical, of a Working Amateur
“Thirty--the promise of a decade of loneliness, a thinning list of single men to know, a thinning brief-case of enthusiasm, thinning hair.” KnowsMenAgeTimeCasesLonelinessHairPromiseDecadesListsEnthusiasmThirtyFeeling LonelySingle Man30th BirthdayGreat Gatsby American Dream Author:F. Scott Fitzgerald