{"quotes":[{"text":"That he will haunt the footsteps of his enemy after death is the one revenge which a dying man can promise himself; and if men had power thus to avenge themselves the earth would be peopled with phantoms. ('Eveline's Visitant').","author":"Mary Elizabeth Braddon","tags":["curse","haunt","oath","revenge","vengeance"],"id":13062,"author_id":"Mary+Elizabeth+Braddon"},{"text":"An oath is a frightening thing when you are prepared to keep it, and I felt it tightening around my soul even as I gave my pledge.","author":"Rob S. Rice","tags":["faith","honor","oath","soul"],"id":118975,"author_id":"Rob+S.+Rice"},{"text":"I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints.","author":"Ralph Waldo Emerson","tags":["ataraxy","be-yourself","oath","self-assuredness"],"id":130795,"author_id":"Ralph+Waldo+Emerson"},{"text":"The world has grown too large for one army of the nation, my brother. You will ride where I tell you to ride, conquer where I tell you to conquer. The world is yours, if you can put aside the base part of you that tells you to rule it all. That you may not have. Now give me an answer and your oath. Your word is iron, brother, and I will take it. Or I can just kill you now.","author":"Conn Iggulden","tags":["answer","army","brother","conquer","iron","kill","nation","oath","ride","rule","word","world"],"id":133388,"author_id":"Conn+Iggulden"},{"text":"Sometimes your pledges become your problems.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","become","becoming","blind","careless","commitment","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","live","motivational","oath","people","philosophy","pledge","problems","promises","wisdom","words"],"id":166663,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"No one, by swearing, makes themselves an ounce more honest; any more than a man makes himself wealthy by counting his gold. Oaths may make a liar a liar yet again, having lied about the oath as well. But it cannot alter the worth of an honest man's word.","author":"Jake Yaniak","tags":["honest-man","honesty","liar","oath","oaths","promise","promises"],"id":171347,"author_id":"Jake+Yaniak"},{"text":"This oath is the oath we all swear. Not to a god, or a master, or to the Ludu Achillea...But to our sisters who stand here with us. Our sisters. This is the oath that binds us all, one to one, all to all, so that we are no longer free. We belong to each other. We are bound to each other. In swearing to each other, we free ourselves from the outside world, from the world of men, from those who would seek to bind us to Fate and that which would make us slaves. We sacrifice our liberty so that, ultimately, we can be truly free.","author":"Lesley Livingston","tags":["girl-power","girls","gladiator","oath","rome","sisterhood","sisters","strength","the-valiant","warrior-fighter"],"id":171898,"author_id":"Lesley+Livingston"},{"text":"Just say, dakhilak.”Without hesitation, “Dakhilak.”He nodded. Her accent was getting no better. “Now, you can never take it back.”“Well, what does it mean? Thank you?”She should have asked sooner. He didn’t turn to meet the gaze he felt on him, his voice full of sand, his stomach sick. “It gives me charge of your life.","author":"V.S. Carnes","tags":["christain","historical-romance","life","oath","promise"],"id":173751,"author_id":"V.S.+Carnes"},{"text":"People who live up to their words shouldn't make blind promises.","author":"Amit Kalantri","tags":["amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri","amit-kalantri-writer","blind","careless","commitment","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","live","motivational","oath","people","philosophy","pledge","promises","wisdom","words"],"id":187473,"author_id":"Amit+Kalantri"},{"text":"Sacrifice by its strictest definition takes something precious in exchange for the appeasement of a higher power. And abiding devotion to a cause that cannot be satisfied with a simple promise. Because an oath no matter how solemn asks nothing in return. While true sacrifice demands unspeakable loss.","author":"Emily Thorne","tags":["appease","devotion","higher-power","loss","nothing","oath","precious","promise","revenge","revenge-tv-series","sacrifice","solemn"],"id":205237,"author_id":"Emily+Thorne"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":35,"pages":4,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}