“I have been asked what i mean

By ‘word of honor.’ i will tell you: place

Me behind prison walls-of stone ever

So high, ever so thick,reaching ever

So far into the ground-there is a possibility

That in some way or another i might be able

To escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk

Line around me and have me give my word of honor

Never to cross it. Can i get out of that circle?No, never!

I’d die first.”

What i understand in this quote was that if you promise something to someone you have to keep your word and not escape from it because if you escape from it or don’t keep your word people won’t  trust you anymore making a promise is like a prison you will only escape when you  keep your word.