{"quotes":[{"text":"In a world where vows are worthless.Where making a pledge means nothing. Where promises are made to be broken, it would be nice to see words come back into power.","author":"Chuck Palahniuk","tags":["promises","words"],"id":3534,"author_id":"Chuck+Palahniuk"},{"text":"Resolutions are most often empty promises for those who have an abundance of dreams, but refuse to wake up and live them.","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["dreams","goals","promises","resolutions","success"],"id":4955,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"},{"text":"Another Chief remembered that since the Great Father promised them that they would never be moved they had been moved five times. 'I think you had better put the Indians on wheels,' he said sardonically, 'and you can run them about whenever you wish.","author":"Dee Brown","tags":["humorous","native-american-wisdom","native-americans","promises"],"id":8923,"author_id":"Dee+Brown"},{"text":"I had long ago stopped believing in promises. Biological imperatives, yes. Environmental factors, yes. Promises, no.","author":"Jeff VanderMeer","tags":["biology","environmental-factors","promise","promises"],"id":23302,"author_id":"Jeff+VanderMeer"},{"text":"Can we make promises to each other, as if we were truly married? Can we swear to be true and faithful and love only each other and all those things? Because I'm in such pain, Margherita, I need to have you, I need to know that you're mine. I've been in torment since I first saw you. No, since I first heard you singing from you tower height. Please, mia bella bianca, please let us swear to each other. Love breaks all spells, I know it does. Wear my ring and let me know-'She stopped his words with her mouth, cupping both hands about his face. Then she sat back to show him the ring on her finger. 'I swear it all. Is that good enough? Because I really need you to kiss me again.","author":"Kate Forsyth","tags":["kiss","love","marriage","promises"],"id":23372,"author_id":"Kate+Forsyth"},{"text":"To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.","author":"Aristophanes","tags":["elections","falsehood","government","hypocrisy","politics","popularity","promises"],"id":27400,"author_id":"Aristophanes"},{"text":"She hadn’t dreamed a time would ever come when someone might want to emulate her talk or behavior. Consequently, it made her feel tight and strange inside to hear her words on the kid’s lips. A small part of her was astonished and secretly flattered. But a larger part was appalled.","author":"Maggie Osborne","tags":["childrearing","children","promises"],"id":30111,"author_id":"Maggie+Osborne"},{"text":"When you adapt to someone, they become a part of your routine, a part of you. And when they’re taken away, you feel a bit lost. No matter how much you think it won’t affect your life, it does.","author":"E.L. Montes","tags":["batsa","books","contemporary-romance","el-montes","favorite-books","favorite-lines","favorite","jenna","let-it-go","life","logan","love","must-read","pain","perfection","perfectly-damage","promises","sufferings"],"id":38259,"author_id":"E.L.+Montes"},{"text":"Maybe,' she said. 'Maybe. But now you're making promises you might not be able to keep, and that's how people in love get very badly hurt.","author":"Ransom Riggs","tags":["hurt","love","promises"],"id":38694,"author_id":"Ransom+Riggs"},{"text":"Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government.","author":"Buffalo Bill","tags":["broken","promises","every "],"id":39915,"author_id":"Buffalo+Bill"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":180,"pages":18,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}