"A man vows, and yet will not east away the means of breaking his vow. Is it that he distinctly means to break it? Not at all; but the desires which tend to break it are at work in him dimly, and make ..."
- George Eliot
"She sealed his lips with a wanton kiss; 'Though I forgive your breaking your vows to heaven, I expect you to keep your vows to me."
- Matthew Lewis
"Westward on the high-hilled plainsWhere for me the world began, Still, I think, in newer veinsFrets the changeless blood of man....There, when hueless is the westAnd the darkness hushes wide,Where the..."
- A.E. Housman
"From this day forward, you will be my sun at dawn and my stars at night, and I vow to love and cherish you for all our days."
- Marissa Meyer
"I guess we put ourselves out there hoping for the best, hoping that the person you say your vows to will be an even better person when you are both old and grey. We hope that they will still be there,..."
- Taryn Leigh
"A godly woman is beyond average because she keeps her word. She honors her vows. She exhibits great faith. She overcomes great obstacles. And she affects her family, her community, even the world."
- Elizabeth George
"It was a vow we made those long years ago. Neither of us spoke of it afterwards, but it hung between us like a spider web, fragile and easy to break, but danged hard to get shed of once the threads to..."
- Cassie Dandridge Selleck
"No," I said. "I choose the prophecy. It will be about me.""Why are you saying that?" she cried. "You want to be responsible for the whole world?"It was the last thing I wanted, but I didn't say that. ..."
- Rick Riordan
"As they walked away, hand in hand, they vowed to be together forever, not knowing that forever always ended."
- Cristiane Serruya