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Quotes About Support

You can't help someone get up a hill without getting closer to the top yourself.
~ Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf
You know," Cole said. "My mom once told me a boy would know he'd become a man when he stopped putting himself first. She said a girl would come along and I wouldn't be able to get her out of my mind. She said this girl would frustrate me, confuse me, and challenge me, but she would also make me do whatever was necessary to be a better man–the man she needed. With you, I want to be better. I want to be what you need. Tell me what you need.
~ Gena Showalter
As teenagers, Marcus had been the muscle and Jake the brains. Marcus had beat up the kids who'd made fun of skinny Jake; Jake had convinced teachers not to punish him. Since then, Marcus had grown a brain (kind of) and Jake had developed muscles. But habits die hard.
~ Gena Showalter
Just so you know, you can call me anything you want—just as long as you always call me.
~ Gena Showalter
Justin took off in a run. Frosty and Bronx, too. It wasn't long before Frosty was carrying Kat, Bronx was carrying Reeve and Justin was carrying Jaclyn. I think every one of them was crying. I forced myself to stand, to inch forward, toward the slayers.
~ Gena Showalter
Lean against the edge, sweetheart. I'm falling off."--Brent Greene
~ Gena Showalter
A man and wife should see the best in each other, should work together, should enjoy each other.
~ Gena Showalter
The strong are tasked with the protection of the weak, because the strong aren't always strong and the weak aren't always weak. Everyone stumbles. And one day, when you stumble - and you will - you'll need someone to help you stand. Will there be anyone eager to do so, or will there be a line of people hoping to kick you while you're down?
~ Gena Showalter
Have you ever wondered what a witness is? It's someone who has died, who lives in heaven and watches over the lives of those she loved. That's what I do. I watch you. I cheer you on. I hurt when you hurt.
~ Gena Showalter
To a man who has spent centuries seeing to only his own needs, you are indeed high maintenance, but I'm finding I do not mind maintaining you. -Zacharel
~ Gena Showalter
The better she understood the depths of his feelings, the more confident she would be. He wanted her confident.
~ Gena Showalter
There is only one thing you need to know about me," he finally said. "I will protect you as long as you are necessary, and as long as you do not seek my downfall." - Knox
~ Gena Showalter
Humans needed love to survive. Love was sustenance. Love was life. The more she poured into others, the more others could pour into her.
~ Gena Showalter
Vale, his tough as nails female, hurt deep inside, and Knox couldn't abide it. "You want to cuddle," he said. "we cuddle.
~ Gena Showalter
No one's going to hurt you," he assured her, even though he knew she couldn't hear. "I'm here. I'll protect you." As if she did indeed hear him, her features smoothed and her color deepened. So badly he wanted to kiss her, but he didn't. Not without permission.
~ Gena Showalter
I'm beginning to think," I say, "Might Equals Right shouldn't mean the strong are tasked with the protection of the weak, because the strong aren't always strong and the weak aren't always weak. Everyone stumbles. And one day, when you stumble - and you will- you'll need someone to help you stand. Will be there anyone eager to do so, or will there be a line of people hoping to kick you while you're down?
~ Gena Showalter
Doing what's right isn't always supported by those around you. Even the most well-meaning people can stumble into darkness.
~ Gena Showalter
You keep running and one day when you stop running your going to fall, and I'm going to be there to catch you.
~ Gena Showalter
Besties before testes...
~ Gena Showalter (Author)
Nothing counts so much as family, the rest are just strangers. (as Nicholas Earpp in Wyatt Earp, 1994)
~ Gene Hackman
How in the hell do you support and secure something that's written in Microsoft Access? When
~ Gene Kim
As Tom Limoncelli describes, "When I was at Google, we had one official compiled language, one official scripting language, and one official UI language. Yes, other languages were supported in some way or another, but sticking with 'the big three' meant support libraries, tools, and an easier way to find collaborators.
~ Gene Kim
I expect leaders to buffer their people from all the political and bureaucratic insanity, not throw them into it.
~ Gene Kim
our most fragile artifacts support either our most important revenue-generating systems or our most critical projects. In
~ Gene Kim