“Politics pretty quiet over the week-end. Democrats are attacking and the Republicans are defending. All the Democrats have to do is promise "what they would do if they got in." But the Republicans have to promise "what they would do" and then explain why they haven't already "done it".” IfsEndsDonePoliticsWeekHavensPromiseRepublicanQuietDemocratAttackingWeek End Author:Will Rogers
“And finally, be assured that Zen asks nothing even as it promises nothing. One can be a Protestant Zen Buddhist, a Catholic Zen Buddhist or a Jewish Zen Buddhist. Zen is a quiet thing. It listens.” AsksPromiseQuietCatholicBuddhistAssuredProtestantsZen Buddhist Book:The Art of Zen Meditation Source: The Art of Zen Meditation
“Evening is the delight of virtuous age; it seems an emblem of the tranquil close of busy life--serene, placid, and mild, with the impress of its great Creator stamped upon it; it spreads its quiet wings over the grave, and seems to promise that all shall be peace beyond it.” SeemsAgePromiseQuietWingsBusyDelightCreatorSpreadGravesEveningVirtuousImpressSereneTranquilBusy LifeEmblemsPlacid Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
“From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading to your kids now will repay itself a million-fold later, not only because they love you for reading to them, but also because, years later, when they’re gone and miles away, those quiet evenings, when you were tucked in with them, everything quiet but the sound of the page-turns, will, seem to you, I promise...... sacred.” YearsTwoSeemsKidsTurnsReadingParentSoundMillionsGoneWonderfulMinutesLove YouPerspectivePromiseQuietPagesSacredInstinctMilesEveningFoldsI PromiseMiles Away Author:George Saunders
“We are seeing with great grief that America remains quiet as Turkey struggles against terrorism. Because there were promises given to us, and they need to be kept. If not, we can take care of our own business.” IfsNeedsCareAmericaGivenGriefStruggleSeeingPromiseQuietRemainsTerrorismTake CareTurkeysOwn Business Author:Recep Tayyip Erdogan
“Summer means promises fulfilled, objectives gained, hopes realized. The surge of doing and achieving, of watching and enjoying is finally replaced by a sense of quiet and floating and a certain fullness and repletion, as though one cannot absorb any more.” MeanCertainEnjoyAchievePromiseQuietSummerObjectivesFulfilledReplacedFloatingFullness Author:Sigurd F. Olson
“Promise me you’ll look after yourself … stay out of trouble …’ ‘I always do, Mrs Weasley,’ said Harry. ‘I like a quiet life, you know me.” KnowsLooksSaidTroublePromiseQuietKnow MeWeasleyPromise MeQuiet LifeLook After Yourself Author:J. K. Rowling
“At the door , she made him promise to go without goodbyes .She closed the door on him . Laila leaned her back against it , shaking against his pounding fists , one arm gripping her belly and a hand across her mouth , as he spoke throughout the door and promised that he would come back for her . She stood there until he tired , until he gave up , and then she listened to his uneven footsteps until they faded , until all was quiet , save for the gunfire cracking in the hills and her own heart thudding in her belly , her eyes , her bones .” HeartMadeHandsEyeDoorsArmsPromiseQuietMouthsTiredBonesHillsGoodbyeSpokesHer EyesBellyFistsShakingGave UpFootstepsFadedGripping Author:Khaled Hosseini