Oath Quotes - Page 12

• It is not everyday that one learns an entire militia has sworn unbeknownest to obey you

  Jacqueline Carey

  Military, Everyday, Militia

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• They were offered the choice between becoming kings or the couriers of kings. The way children would, they all wanted to be couriers. Therefore there are only couriers who hurry about the world, shouting to each other - since there are no kings - messages that have become meaningless. They would like to put an end to this miserable life of theirs but they dare not because of their oaths of service.

  Franz Kafka

  Kings, Children, Choices

  Franz Kafka (1961). “Parables and paradoxes: in German and English”

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• But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Real, Son, Life Or Death

  "The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings".

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• We swore sacred oaths to be strong and to save the planet and to be friends forever.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Strong, Forever, Sacred

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2009). “Wintergirls”, p.36, Penguin

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• Because I took an oath to help people. To protect them from The League and any corrupt government. (Devyn) Yeah, and I know people better than to believe that for even an instant. Altruism is dead. People use and they take until you’re nothing but a bleeding corpse on the ground at their feet. (Alix)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Believe, Government, Feet

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• There’s no need in both of us dying tonight. (Kiara) I took an oath to save every life I could. I’m not about to back out on it now. I might be a lot of things, but a coward has never been one of them. (Syn)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Dying, Coward, Needs

  Sherrilyn Kenyon (2016). “The League: Nemesis Rising, Books 1-3: Born of Night, Born of Fire, Born of Ice”, p.32, Macmillan

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• I know what it’s like to be torn between a love so pure it burns you deep down in a place you didn’t know someone could touch you and between your oath and duties. Between the love of a father you’ve always known and one you know you can depend on forever versus a love that’s new and untested. But you know what I learned? It’s a lot easier to live without my father’s love than it is to live without Phoebe’s. (Urian) (Acheron didn’t speak as Urian left him alone.) That just makes you want to vomit, doesn’t it? (Jaden)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Father, Forever, Want

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• There are few things sweeter in this world than the guileless, hotheaded, intemperate, open admiration of a junior. Even a woman in her blindest devotion does not fall into the gait of the man she adores, tilt her bonnet to the angle at which he wears his hat, or interlard her speech with his pet oaths.

  Rudyard Kipling

  Fall, Men, Pet

  Rudyard Kipling (2015). “Indian Tales: Ghost Story Collections”, p.3, 谷月社

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• I've bespelled this locket, for you; my own, my mate. The day has come when death forced us to part. You must know that I for you, forever, I shall wait. So until we meet again I hold your love safely within my heart. Remember, your oath was to temper strength with mercy. No matter how long apart we shall be, I hold you to that oath eternally... eternally...

  P. C. Cast

  Heart, Long, Waiting

  P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast (2014). “The House of Night Novellas, 4-Book Collection”, p.17, St. Martin's Griffin

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• Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai had carried the halftruth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.

  Robert Jordan

  Art, Lying, Half

  "Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'".

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• "I am Sa’kagé a lord of shadows. I claim the shadows that the Shadow may not." [...] "I am the strong arm of deliverance. I am Shadowstrider. I am the Scales of Justice. I am He-Who-Guards-Unseen. I am Shadowslayer. I am Nameless." [...]
  "The coranti shall not go unpunished." [...]
  "My way is hard but I serve unbroken. In ignobility, nobility. In shame, honor. In darkness, light. I will do justice and love mercy."

  Brent Weeks

  Strong, Kings, Light

  "Perfect Shadow: A Night Angel Novella". Book by Brent Weeks, June 1, 2011.

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• I missed you, Angel. Not one day went by that I didn't feel you missing from my life. You haunted me to the point that I began to believe Hank had gone back on his oath and killed you. I couldn't escape you and I didn't want to. You tortured me, but it was better than losing you.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Believe, Angel, Loss

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• But then, so far as I know, I am the only performer who ever pledged his assistants to secrecy, honor and allegiance under a notarial oath.

  Harry Houdini

  Honor, Assistants, Secrecy

  Harry Houdini (2015). “Miracle Mongers and Their Methods: Human Understanding”, p.43, 谷月社

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• Heat flushed Chauncey's neck; it took all his energy to curl his hands into two weak fists. He laughed at himself, but there was no humor. He had no idea how, but the boy was inflicting the nausea and weakness inside him. It would not lift until he took the oath. He would say what he had to, but he swore in his heart he would destroy the boy for this humiliation.

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Heart, Boys, Ideas

  Kate Brian, Jessica Verday, Richard Yancey, Scott Westerfeld, Becca Fitzpatrick (2011). “All Good Things Come to an End: Free Teen eSampler”, p.58, Simon and Schuster

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• To paraphrase Winston Churchill, I did not take the oath I have just taken with the intention of presiding over the dissolution of the world's strongest economy.

  Ronald Reagan

  Taken, World, Politics

  First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

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• When I meet thousands of fans of the comic - when I realize every one of them can recite the Lantern Corps oath ('In Brightest Day, in blackest night...') - I know how important this is to people.

  Ryan Reynolds

  Night, People, Important

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• Well, you know, Thomas Jefferson, who was the author of the Declaration of Independence said he wouldn't have any atheists in his cabinet because atheists wouldn't swear an oath to God. That was Jefferson and we have never had any Muslims in the cabinet.

  Pat Robertson

  Atheist, Independence, Atheism

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• Morelli beeped his truck unlocked. “If you’re looking for your rent-a-cop, I told Ranger you’d be with me this morning.” “Did he make you take a blood oath that you’d protect me?” “He asked me if I had adequate health insurance.

  Janet Evanovich

  Morning, Blood, Adequate

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• A first lesson in the fragility of love and the preternatural cowardice of men. And out of this disillusionment and turmoil sprang Beli's first adult oath, one that would follow her into adulthood, to the States and beyond. I will not serve.

  Junot Diaz

  Men, Adults, Fragility

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• Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.

  Robin Hayes

  Commitment, Marine, Army

  Congressional Record, V. 150, PT. 8, May 18, 2004 to June 1, 2004, Government Printing Office, p. 10718, 2009.

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• The Writer's Oath I promise solemnly: 1. to write as often and as much as I can, 2. to respect my writing self, and 3. to nurture the writing of others. I accept these responsibilities and shall honor them always.

  Gail Carson Levine

  Writing, Responsibility, Self

  Gail Carson Levine (2013). “Writing Magic: Creating Stories That Fly”, p.1, Harper Collins

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• You swore an oath, just like the rest of us. I won’t have you preying on innocents in my town. (Talon) Ooo. How cliché, little partner. Wanna tell me to be out by sunup, or better yet, this town ain’t big enough for the two of us? (Zarek)

  Sherrilyn Kenyon

  Two, Littles, Towns

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• But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.

  Homer

  Looks, Use, Rage From The Iliad

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• There is an oath upon her," he said to Arch, and I realized dimly that he was still speaking in Gaelic, though I understood him clearly. "She may not kill, save it is for mercy or her life. It is myself who kills for her.

  Diana Gabaldon

  Arches, May, Gaelic

  Diana Gabaldon (2015). “The Outlander Series Bundle: Books 5, 6, 7, and 8: The Fiery Cross, A Breath of Snow and Ashes, An Echo in the Bone, Written in My Own Heart's Blood”, p.1470, Delacorte Press

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• Now, I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books... Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the laws on my own... Believe me, the idea of doing things on my own is very tempting. I promise you. Not just on immigration reform. But that's not how - that's not how our system works. That's not how our democracy functions. Thats not how our Constitution is written.

  Barack Obama

  Believe, Book, Law

  President Barack Obama's remarks to the National Council of La Raza, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. July 25, 2011.

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