“Childhood is a promise that is never kept.”
“They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they took it.”
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.”
“The Father is truly the only Promise Maker who is in earnest a Promise Keeper. A promise from God is a promise kept.”
“Jake had never felt like such a fool for keeping a promise. He'd broken plenty of others he should have kept. Why had he kept one he should have broken?”
“Go to sleep now and rest. Our job is done. You kept your promise, and I kept mine...”