Commitment Quotes Novels & Stories

he says with a firm voice but the slight shiver in his words are evident. I take a bold step towards him. “Then why won’t you commit? I’m not asking this because of me.” I swallow hard, “I only want to know why the idea of being with one person sounds like the most horrible thing someone can make you do?” It’s when I stop talking and silence blankets us that I realize how hard I’m breathing. “That’s because it’s the most horrible thing to do. I’m not going to put my entire trust and life into the hands of someone else and risk being broken completely by that person. Commitment gives way too much power.”

I passed people hurrying toward something they couldn’t afford to miss, people lingering as if time owed them patience. I wasn’t in either camp. I was moving at a pace that felt intentional. My phone buzzed. Lena: I just said yes to something and it didn’t feel like giving anything up. That made me stop walking. That’s the kind of yes that lasts, I typed back. A pause. I think I finally understand that commitment doesn’t mean closing doors, she replied. It means choosing which ones I walk through. I leaned against a railing, watching traffic slide past below.

He and I turn red in embarrassment, but nonetheless, he turns to me and wimnks an eye with a bright smile. I giggle, glancing at the quotes and sure of who wrote them. I silently turn my body to see him. The smile on my face making him turn red as he averts his sight between me and the teacher. He clears his throat and runs his hands against the side of his pants. "Ahem! Of course." He sighs and stands straight to read out loud. "No matter what happens, enjoy life because you only get one and it doesn't last long. . . . .-Epicurus." He smirks and squints his eye at me, making me roll my eyes and turn to face him.

2 days later~ 3rd Person's POV Motivation is the reason why someone does something and commitment is an unsaid agreement to do something while a word of encouragement plays and important role in both of this. And the three of them together cause two things, an action and a reaction. Just like right now where a group of kabootars idotically encouraged each other to commit to something that's out of their physical and mental capacity. Yet they did and now verbal motivation is what keeping them up.

He uttered as he glimpsed at me. "Isn't it too late for that? We're married already." "I disagree. Haven't you heard the quote by Mitch Albom? There is no such thing as too late in life." "Oh, I just heard it now." I was amazed. I didn't expect that a man like him would believe in quotes. "Now, you know." He grinned. Then, we became silent again. After a while, I took the courage to bring up the incident earlier. I turned to him as I wanted to see his reaction. "Alfred, about the trouble earlier."

He praises me, too. Then he turns. “But we can’t rely on uncertainty,” he says gently. “We need commitment. We need to know when help will come—and when it won’t.” Eyes turn to me. The room holds its breath. I step forward slowly. I don’t raise my voice. “You’re right,” I say. “You can’t rely on uncertainty.” Elias smiles. “You also can’t rely on me,” I continue. “Not the way you want to.” The smile falters.

“When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging and try filling it instead” stared at me in big blocky white letters. I stared at the motivation quote with the backdrop of an early morning beach of some crystalline blue ocean and wondered why I thought tacking that up in my locker was a good idea. I wasn’t even sure it made sense. “Robin Douglass, you are an idiot,” I whispered as I shook my head. That would explain why I’d think tacking up some silly quote would somehow change the insignificance and dullness of my life.