Quotes About Protection

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.

But when the fire was about to quench, their children came with whips and stones then they began to whip and stone our heads; when they left that, they began to climb on our heads and jump from one to the second; after that they started to spit, make urine and pass excreta on our heads; but when the eagle saw that they wanted to nail our heads, then it drove all of them away from the field with its beak.

In cyberspace, there are no mountains or oceans to protect people or their assets from others. Good neighborhoods and dangerous ones are unavoidably connected. We are all geographically unlucky.

as he cannot sleep on Helen's side, which is where he has secretly arranged three of her embroidered pillows, and sleeps facing them, one arm around the middle pillow, the other curled under his head, his hand resting on his brow as if for protection.

und sie hört, wie er sich in sein Doppelbett legt, auf seine Seite, da er nicht auf Helens Seite schlafen kann, wo er heimlich drei ihrer bestickten Kissen arrangiert hat und sich zum Schlafen ihnen zuwendet, ein Arm um das mittlere Kissen gelegt, den anderen unter dem Kopf, wobei seine Hand wie zum Schutz auf seiner Stirn ruht.

We protected America from what happened, like a man takes care of his wife. The man doesn't mind when she closes her eyes at the scary part of the ride, of the movie. He loves her for that sweet, willful ignorance. She gives him something to protect, a nice world in which bad things don't happen. It's a pleasure, and a relief, to keep that ignorance intact, even as it comes between them.

you notes, and defended him against all comers. I was as good a parent as I knew how to be, because there was something about the job that mattered to me (well, not "something": my own mother, who was a loving presence and a terrible cook but never protected me from anything or anyone, handicapped as she was by besetting anxiety).

I suppose there are two worlds-the small, protected one we carve out for ourselves, where we fret about a whole lot of nothing, and the other world, the real one, which comes knocking at the door, demanding to be let in and given a seat.

Shane! Shane! You must keep the boy from eating any more! You have no idea what will happen!" Collin was face to face with Martin's father then, and they both heard Martin say, "You stay away from my eats, little man, or I will end you!" "You need to put that down, Martin, or you will never fit through another door!

Era la giovinezza? Era mai stato così sicuro di sè, anche quando era giovane? Era stato l'essere ferito a fargli desiderare di arrotolarsi in una palla di protezione e dire al mondo di lasciarlo in pace

those promises. I can only promise I want you safe and sound.

Taylor wanted it back, wanted a lover's touch on his body, wanted more. Wanted to open himself up to somebody who wouldn't hurt him, who would take care of him, who would catch him after he came apart.

Trav held him, thinking only, Thank God. Thank God. He'll take me and not the drugs. Me and not the horrible fall. Thank God.

In fact, I'm thinking you're my object lesson for who I don't want to let into my life.

Ace really only had one goal in life, and it was to keep his skinny blond dirty bomb of a boyfriend from detonating and killing them all.

He didn't have to be a hero anymore, he had his own personal hero to defend him. Wasn't that miracle enough?

He'd been worried. He'd been afraid. And he'd been hurt, and Mikhail almost couldn't stand it. Not Shane. Not his beautiful lover, who gave his heart and everything else to make Mikhail's world wonderful. Dammit, he wanted to shout, leave him the hell alone!

Well, maybe just for now. I… I'll be honest. A young guy—Rivers—kept coming by, talking about how he'd make sure the guy who took out Castor got a fair hearing. I was…." His father shrugged. "I was thinking about it, Seth. I hate that you're… you're afraid while you're here.

God, two concussions in a year. Ellery was going to make him wear a helmet to go to the bathroom, and Jackson would totally deserve it.

Then you understand," he growled. "Nobody but me gets to see your nightmares. You're going to play the caveman thing with me, then we're both in the same goddamned cave.

And now Michael would go to prison all over again—he'd do it twice—to help that kid cross the damned street.

cause you're gentle enough to tame a rabbit but fierce enough to keep him safe—

Good. Because I trust you. Besides. You know my family. They'll fucking kill you.