Quotes About Protection

On the floor by each child's desk was the obligatory gas mask. Children now carried them everywhere.

Jack says that 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.

will." "I just want to keep you safe." I smile. Americans can be

I am trussed up like a chicken for roasting. I know these modern seat belts are a good thing, but they make me feel claustrophobic. I belong to a generation that didn't expect to be protected from every danger [Oregon Coast, 1995, Chapter 14].

I've been afraid since the moment they laid her in my arms. Every time she goes to school or to a friend's house or out on a date, I'm afraid. I'm afraid of what the world will do to my beautiful baby girl, afraid of what I will do to her. It never goes away, ever. You just live with it and love her and be there for her.

You were supposed to be safe in your own home, with your parents. They were supposed to protect you from the dangers outside.

No one could hurt you if you didn't let them. A good offense was the best defense.

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. Elsa closed the journal and dressed quickly, then went to the room next door.

What was the right thing for a mother to say to her nearly grown daughter about the ugliness in the world? How could she be honest?

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.

You two have always been each other's armor and sword.

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?

Please, Elsa thought, tightening her hold on Loreda's hand, be kind to my girl.

That's motherhood in war, Herr Captain.

I'm afraid," she said. "Of course you are. You're a mother. Fear is the job description.

guns, gas masks, arrows, ammunition. We're ready.

I just want to keep you safe. I smile. Americans can be so naive.

It is not your fault. Sometimes all the love in the world can't protect a person against his fate.

I would have been fine." "I couldn't take the chance." "Why not?" He hesitated. "Because as much as I hate to admit it, you're good at what you do. And we can't afford to lose someone who's good." " 'We'? " she repeated. He glanced around. "Père Clément. And others like him." "Forgers." "Shhhh," he said instantly.

It wasn't quite the death of hope—part of her still hoped that Coop was alive somewhere. It was more like the application of hope. She wanted to make sure that no one else—child, adult, crew member, captain—would ever lose a loved one to foldspace again. It was probably a vain hope. But it would keep her going, for at least another forty years.

Before you trust your camel to Allah's protection, tie it fast on to your fence.

Mag sein, daß die Leute sagen werden, ich bleibe daheim, um mich nicht von den dunklen Augen Ninos trennen zu müssen. Mag sein. Vielleicht haben diese Menschen auch recht. Denn diese dunklen Augen sind für mich wie die heimatliche Erde, wie der Ruf der Heimat nach ihrem Sohn, den ein Fremder auf fremde Wege verleiten will. Ich bleibe, um die dunklen Augen der Heimat vor dem Unsichtbaren zu schützen.

i have a daughter who reminds me too much of what i used to be, full of love and joy, kissing every person she meets because everyone is good and will do her no harm. and that terrifies me to the point where i can barely function.

People didn't always act the way they should. Not even grown-ups. Sometimes the people who were supposed to protect you from monsters were monsters themselves.