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Quotes About Protection

Morrison was treading on very thin ice, the words strained, and the only reason he was doing it was for me. I looked at him and wondered what he'd do if I curled myself against his chest and held on. I didn't even think I had it in me to cry. I just wanted to be somewhere safe for a little while, and Captain Michael Morrison's arms seemed like the safest place in the world right then.
~ C.E. Murphy
Maybe all young men who love us become knights in shining armor when we love them back.
~ Cameron Dokey
Keep what you hold in your heart safe and strong.
~ Cameron Dokey
In order to know someone who is at some level unknowable, you must leave yourself wide open. If you don't, you foreclose the possibility of learning something critical about this person you need, your parent, the person upon whom your survival depends. It's like time-lapse photography; your lens at maximum aperture in order to capture something fleeting and elusive. The problem becomes one of calibration. How to protect yourself in the process. How to capture something without going blind.
~ Camilla Gibb
HOw do you protect a child from heartbreak? All I know is the egg wants to be held all the time, and perhaps if I hold her all the time she will know that she is loved in such a fundamental and profound way that when her heart is broken as an adult, she will not fall apart, will know that she is still loved and lovable.
~ Camilla Gibb
I tell Ki that I'm learning about words and stories to help our family. He says he's protecting our family with his knife. Who is right? Which is best, protecting with words or with his knife? She is instant, certain, and solemn, and there is no misunderstanding her meaning. Fight ignorance with words. Fight evil with your knife. Tell you husband, Ki, that he is right.
~ Camron Wright
This is my barbed wire dress. It protects the property but doesn't hide the view.
~ Candy Darling
My father's a large man, very strong, but he says fighting is for people who can't win with their brains. He also says there are times when you've got no choice but to defend yourself from common morons.
~ Carl Hiaasen
After the first gunshot, they dove to the ground and pressed themselves flat. Then came two other shots, followed shortly by more. Nick was sure he heard one of the bullets zing off a nearby tree.
~ Carl Hiaasen
while honesty is a good thing, lying is occasionally necessary in order to protect people.
~ Carl Hiaasen
So with the endorsement of the Chamber of Commerce, in 1980 Sparky Harper invited fifty travel writers from all newspapers all across North America to come to Miami during Orange Bowl Week and sail the Friendship Cruise. Of course, 1980 was the year of the Liberty City Riots and the Mariel Boatlift, so only nine travel writers showed up, several of them carrying guns for protection.
~ Carl Hiaasen
A well-regulated militia," Bode added, "like they talk about in the Second Amendment." "Oh," said Shiner. He hadn't read the first one yet.
~ Carl Hiaasen
George Graveline had a motto by which he faithfully lived: Always park in the shade.
~ Carl Hiaasen
The hole in the ozone layer is a kind of skywriting. At first it seemed to spell out our continuing complacency before a witch's brew of deadly perils. But perhaps it really tells of a newfound talent to work together to protect the global environment.
~ Carl Sagan
Birds know, better than humans, not to spoil the nest.
~ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan
The true measure of a man has nothing to do with years and everything to do with how well he looks after those who depend upon him.
~ Teresa Medeiros
God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
~ Terri Blackstock
This is my wife, Marian Robertson. No matter what came before the day we joined ourselves each to the other, she is mine now and Iam hers. If anyone speaks ill of her or calls her whore, they attack me as well and Iwill answer for it.
~ Terri Brisbin
As if you could ever protect your children from what life might bring their way. Or even from themselves and their impulses.
~ Terry Brooks
Druid fortress
~ Terry Brooks
They always build the strongest walls for themselves, the rich and powerful," Rocan muttered, his bitter words so soft the boy almost didn't catch them. "They always protect themselves, even if it's at the expense of others.
~ Terry Brooks
We are keepers of the peace, not soldiers.
~ Terry Brooks
Kahlan guide me. Kahlan teach me. Kahlan protect me. In your light I thrive. In your mercy I am sheltered. In your wisdom I am humbled. I live only to love you. My life is yours.
~ Terry Goodkind
Books served to keep hard-won knowledge safe. They endured.
~ Terry Goodkind