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Quotes About Rescue

Just tell me she's alive.
~ B.J. Daniels
He'd been trying to save this woman in his dreams for years. Now here she was, all grown up, and he still felt helpless.
~ B.J. Daniels
She looked over at Austin. Light from one of the yards shone on his handsome face, catching her off guard. He wasn't just handsome. He was caring and kind and capable, as well. She warned herself not to let one kiss go to her head. Of course, she felt something for this man whod' saved her life twice and probably would have to again before this was over. But her pulse was still pounding hard from the kiss. It had been the best kiss she'd ever had.
~ B.J. Daniels
The forces that rescued Americans on Sept. 11, 2012, were not the U.S. military. They were not the militias that overthrew Gadhafi. They were Gadhafi devotees who were loyal to him and to the U.S. government with whom their leader reached a 'deal.'
~ Pete Hoekstra
A lot of people want to go out there, help people, and save the world. Sadly, half the time they can't even help themselves.
~ Ant Middleton
Well met, Mistress Lirael. This ragamuffin, as your servant so aptly described him, is His Highness Prince Sameth, the Abhorsen-in-Waiting. Hence the bells. But on to more serious matters. Could you please rescue us? Prince Sameth's personal vessel is not quite what I'm used to, and he is eager to catch me a fish before my morning nap.
~ Garth Nix
When do we c-c-come and rescue you?' 'If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look,' said Anya. 'But I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess.
~ Garth Nix
If I'm not back by nightfall, come and take a very careful look, said Anya. But I don't expect to need rescuing. I'm not that kind of princess. What kind of princess are you? Not the kind that needs rescuing, said Anya firmly.
~ Garth Nix
BECAUSE THEY LOOK SO SURPRISED TO BE EATEN UP! guffawed the giant. PRINCESSES ALWAYS EXPECTS TO GET RESCUED. Do they? asked Anya mildly. Better they should rescue themselves.
~ Garth Nix
He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground. —Psalm 40:2
~ Gary Chapman
rescue the drowning. Love dives in. — Debbie Burgett —
~ Gary Chapman
For your love for me is very great. You have rescued me from the depths of death. —Psalm 86:13
~ Gary Chapman
I got stuck in a toilet.
~ Gary Paulsen
I would have died if not for Cookie.
~ Gary Paulsen
I wanted to save them from themselves, from the idiotic consumer culture that was bleeding them softly. I
~ Gary Shteyngart
I am the little boy who went into the sea to rescue your scarf
~ Gaston Leroux
If I don't save her from the hands of that humbug, he said, aloud, as he went to bed, she is lost. But I shall save her. He put out his lamp and felt a need to insult Erik in the dark. Thrice over, he shouted: Humbug!...Humbug!...Humbug!
~ Gaston Leroux
Erik, Erik! I saved your life! Remember? You were scentenced to death! But for me you would be dead by now.
~ Gaston Leroux
The middle-aged, who have lived through their strongest emotions, but are yet in the time when memory is still half passionate and not merely contemplative, should surely be a sort of natural priesthood, whom life has disciplined and consecrated to be the refuge and rescue of early stumblers and victims of self-despair.
~ George Eliot
I think of myself, an Iranian/American artist, and wonder what would I want if I'm ever imprisoned by the Iranian government for the work that I make? I answer: I would hope that the United States government comes to my rescue.
~ Shirin Neshat
I used to have seven dogs; now I have a more manageable four. I was in Cornwall, and one dog got swept away downstream, so my cousin dived in to get it, then her dog dived in. So I jumped in to rescue hers. Those dogs are my calm. That's how I cope with the business - I get the sanity on my woodland dog walks, being a tomboy.
~ Alesha Dixon
In our family, we've always been owned by border collies, or dogs of one kind or another, and have rescued many dogs. We've lived in the woods and sometimes have had as many as 70 sled dogs. Or had six or seven dogs living in the house. Dogs have saved my life on more than one occasion - and I mean that literally.
~ Gary Paulsen
For just when ideas fail, a word comes in to save the situation.
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is rewarding beyond words to rescue a dog from the shelter and have that dog become part of your family.
~ Jenna Morasca