Quotes About Protection

Let him think she was as safe as one could be. A coward.

The last thing she wanted was to give someone the power to hurt her. Self-preservation was the one thing she'd learned from her mother.

But she knew that sometimes you grabbed hold of whatever you could to stay afloat. And maybe all that black was a shield, a way to say to people: 'don't talk to me, don't approach me, don't ask your ordinary, everyday questions when my world has exploded.

now? I don't know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? If I am arrested . .

I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? If I am arrested Ã¢â'¬Â¦

And the best way not to care was to surround yourself with noise and people.

I'm going to go in. Meredith will need some help. Don't stay out here too long." "Why not?" her mother said, staring at the copper column. "You'll catch pneumonia." "You think I could die from the cold? I am not a lucky woman.

Relying on people for comfort had never felt natural to her. The last thing she wanted was to give someone the power to hurt her.

Leni shrugged. She didn't know exactly what to say, or how to say it without revealing too much. "He has—nightmares—and bad weather can set him off. Sometimes. But he hasn't had a nightmare since we moved here. So maybe he's better.

Perhaps she was looking at the other side of fear. What happened to a child when fear had been the norm forever Ã¢â'¬Â¦ did it melt into watchfulness?

Jack says I am a warrior and, while I don't believe it, I know this: A warrior believes in an end she can't see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to me.

When you're a mom, you learn about fear. You're always afraid. Always. About everything from cupboard doors to kidnappers to weather. There is nothing that can't hurt our kids, I swear...the irony is they need us to be strong

I don't know the right thing to do anymore. I want to protect Sophie and keep her safe, but what good is safety if she has to grow up in a world where people disappear without a trace because they pray to a different God? If I am arrested Ã¢â'¬Â¦

You see, Loreda?" Elsa whispered. "They'll hurt the people who threaten their business." It was a long time before Loreda spoke, and when she did, her words were no comfort at all. "Sometimes you have to fight back, Mom.

He thinks one's life can be distilled to a narrative that has a beginning and an end. He knows nothing about the kind of sacrifice that, once made, can never be either fully forgotten or fully borne. And how could he? I have protected him from all of that.

warrior believes in an end she can't see and fights for it. A warrior never gives up. A warrior fights for those weaker than herself. It sounds like motherhood to

The truth was that the biggest danger of all was in her own home.

The sound of his voice reminds me that I am a mother and mothers don't have the luxury of falling apart in front of their children, even when they are afraid, even when their children are adults.

Todo ese tiempo, papá le había estado enseñando a Leni los peligros del mundo exterior. Lo cierto era que el mayor peligro estaba dentro de su propia casa.

I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger.

protected her as best we could. She refused to

I just want to keep you safe." I smile. Americans can be so naïve. Once I shared his optimism. I thought the world was safe. But that was a long time ago.

Go to your room," Vianne said to Sophie. Whatever Isabelle was going to say, she didn't want Sophie to hear. Vianne eased the hat from her head and set down her empty basket. Her hands were shaking.

The Maginot Line was miles and miles of concrete walls and obstacles and weapons that had been constructed along the German border after the Great War to protect France.