Quotes about Loyalty

Every God demands sacrifice. What sacrifice does your God require?' 'Obedience.

I'm not your father! I'm not Duke! I'm not some gent paying for half an hour in your bed!" His hands tightened on her arms. "I'm your husband! I don't take what you feel lightly. I love you. You're my wife!

Michael straightened. "I still married her, and I'd marry her again if I had it to do over." A simple statement, calmly and quietly delivered, but his eyes were burning with wrath.

You'll have to bury me. His heart lightened. All right, he said. We'll baptize you.

She didn't make life easy on those who loved her, but she was worth it.

The only way he could have her was to shatter this stubborn faith of hers. In doing so, would he shatter her? 'What has this god of yours ever really done for you?' She stood very still for a long moment, her back to him. 'Everything.

Then the cycle would repeat: faith for a generation, then complacency, soon followed by adultery as the people chased after false gods.

And loyalty is a valued commodity. It can be sold . . . not bought, but sold.

Are you already training my replacement? Piter demanded. Replace you? Why, Piter, where could I find another Mentat with your cunning and venom? The same place you found me, Baron. Perhaps I should at that, the Baron mused. You do seem a bit unstable lately. And the spice you eat! Are my pleasures too expensive, Baron? Do you object to them? My dear Piter, your pleasures are what tie you to me. How could I object to that?

Anything and anyone can fail, he said, but brave good friends help.

Membership in a conspiracy, as in an army, frees people from the sense of personal responsibility.

The tribal commander must lose no face among those who should obey him.