Ian Mcewan Quotes

Always' was a promise! How can you just break the promise?" "Sometimes people don't always understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said. Isaac shot me a look. "Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway. Don't you believe in true love?" I didn't answer. I didn't have an answer. But I thought that if true love did exist, that was a pretty good definition of it.

I'd lay down my life for her - Mas'r Davy - Oh! most content and cheerful! She's more to me - gent'lmen - than - she's all to me that ever I can want, and more than ever I - than ever I could say. I - I love her true. There ain't a gent'lman in all the land - nor yet sailing upon all the sea - that can love his lady more than I love her.

I fell in love with her courage, her sincerity, and her flaming self respect. And it's these things I'd believe in, even if the whole world indulged in wild suspicions that she wasn't all she should be. I love her and it is the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning and end of everything.

I never take any commitment lightly, and I certainly don't take my wife lightly. I never did and I never will. That's permanent. That's true love.

It gives me immense pleasure to be trustworthy, faithful, and true - to have the kind of romantic bond that inspires this.

No matter what love throws at you, you have to believe in it.

Love is a fickle thing. But I still believe in it.

If you just believe in me. I will love you endlessly.

I do love you and what else matters but that

To love is the half of to believe.

True love believes everything, and bears everything, and trusts everything.

The best proof of love is trust.

Fidelity is a gift not a requirement.

I think the most romantic thing you can do is just turn up. Turn up when it's difficult for you. Travel halfway around the world or just up the road. Whatever it is, just be there.

I trust you: That's huge. That's truth. That's real love. Everyone uses 'I love you' so loosely.

Doubt thou the stars are fire, Doubt that the sun doth move. Doubt truth to be a liar, But never doubt I love.

I believe that when you're in love you have to pour your heart and soul out to your partner... or why bother? So in that sense I'm an incurable romantic when it comes to men.

If someone really loves you, they'll do the right thing... for you.

If only one could tell true love from false love as one can tell mushrooms from toadstools.

Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.

We don't need to have somebody that's gonna make sure they pay for our market bills. It's like we have only one reason to love and that is for the real idea of love.

Marrying for love may be a bit risky, but it is so honest that God can't help but smile on it.

I like the idea of love standing the test of time and circumstances.