Quotes About Promises That Are Broken Novels & Stories

He inquired curiously. "We kissed, cried a lot and I spent the night talking to him, to persuade him to accept that promises are meant to be broken, and some debts aren't made to be paid." She commented. "I might sound hypocritical, but I did fall in love with him, but I grew up and aged and time changed everything. I won't be haunted by a promise and debt that I made more than a decade ago." She glances away. "Fulfilling something that was sworn long ago will only lead to misery and I know none of us will be happy. Not me. Not Henri and not you." She states while her gaze travels around him.

he promise which made me smile. Promises are meant to be broken, not because that someone who promise you wanted it but because their promises depends on the people around them.

“I told you I wanted to know everything about you, remember? I think I told you I meant every word I said. I meant every promise I made you.” “Promises are meant to be broken, Zachary,” I said acidly. “I waited fourteen years for you to keep your promise of ever coming back.” It was true. A big part of me was hurt that it took him long enough to come back into my life. That part stopped believing he ever would. “I am one guy who would die first before I break a promise, baby girl,” he said. He took a deep, labored breath. “You don’t know how difficult my life had been, so don’t judge me.”

But then, what about his promise? "Promises are meant to be broken, Zhanaia." What Caroline said before echoed in my head and I can't help but to sigh and shake my head. She's right though. Promises are meant to be broken. There were only a few promises that were kept. I sighed once again and stared at the beautiful river of Limmat. It was beautiful, the sun rays that bounced in the river's water brought a sparkling effect on it, and everyone was admiring it.

I had no idea. "I won't promise anything," I added, drawing a gasp from the audience. "The only thing I can guarantee is to serve the pack selflessly and do everything for the people; that's all." Promises are meant to be broken. As cliche as it may sound, it never misses. People who opted to give promises are most likely the ones who broke them: like a newly bloomed flower in the wilderness. They won't last long as they'll eventually wither in time, being carried away by the wind and turned back to dust.

My hand went to my belly again, and this time, I spoke in a low voice: "Whatever happens... we'll figure it out, okay? I promise." Because if there's one thing I've learned, it's that promises whispered to our own hearts are the hardest ones to break.

I said without second thoughts. “Okay,” Cal said with a smile as he offered his hand for a shake, “You know about the Wolf Promise, right?” A Wolf Promise may seem like an ordinary promise for some, but what other people don’t know is the weight that it carries for the one who broke it. For the one who broke the promise, it would mean losing everything that he has, including his pack. There is no way out once a promise has been made. Except for one, and that is when the other party agrees to the promise to be broken.

After sitting down, he watched Arleena as if waiting for what the woman would say. "How can you deal with a man like that?" asked Hugo who couldn't stop thinking. Arleena didn't answer at first. Because she didn't want to talk about it, Arleena just waved one hand. "Never mind. Let's not talk about it anymore. You just hear the news from other people, don't ask—" "He promised not to hurt you, Arleena," said Hugo, not wanting to listen to Arleena's words. Arleena's cynical laugh was heard. "Promises are just bullshit, Hugo. In the end, everything is broken."

"If I don't know how to keep a word in a simple matter, how about a big one?" "You know... most of us hate people who break promises. But we don't realize in ourselves that sometimes, we are also the ones who motivate other people to break a promise." "It's funny, right? You know the pain of someone who made a promise but didn't keep it, but when you're in the position of someone who abandons the promise because someone else wants you to do it, or because of a whisper, dictation or on purpose, they don't think about how the people they promised something you planned together will feel."

I asked. “Give me the truth." And then Sofia held out her little finger. I wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. I taught her about the little finger promise when she was 4 years old and I was 8. We promised never to lie to each other. A little finger promise could never be broken. She remembered this. I didn't deserve that gesture, I broke my promise. But not anymore. Sofia deserved the truth that I had denied her for so many years, even though in the end I would lose her for good.