“I promise-ted I'd care up for him downwise 'til the tailend of time.”

“I promised him!" he screamed, realizing even as he did so that his voice was laced with something wrong. Almost insanity. "I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!”

“I swore I would love you 'til the end of time, so now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive.”

“I couldn't remember the last time I'd felt so wrapped up in someone that I saw only him, caring not a jot what onlookers might think. I ached with nostalgia for a younger, more responsive me, who seemed to feel things more intensely.”

“I promise to be careful.""Really careful," she insisted.He found the hard edges of his mouth turning up. "Really really careful," he clarified.”

“Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of each wave 'til it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.”