Quotes About Protection

Books cannot fight for themselves.

My anger is a shield. My anger is a weapon.

T]here is no safe dose of a carcinogen.

Like dogs and lions, small children can sense fear. The slightest flinch, the slightest disinclination, and they will jump atop you and devour you.

I wondered what kind of monsters lurked in theaters to prey on people sitting by themselves because their brothers wouldn't get out of bed to take them to the movies.

I hope I never love someone so much that they could hurt me

I hope I never love someone so much that they could hurt me the way Langston was hurt.

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

Lying had become her clothing—without it she'd freeze.

Ester wanted to take him in her own thin arms and race him to some imagined place of safety.

he loved her as a foundering ship loves a lighthouse, even though the lighthouse is powerless to save it.

I am wary of any gun, anywhere, anytime—except when it's in Stormy's hand. She could sit with her finger on the detonation button of a nuclear weapon, and I would feel safe enough to nap.

We have within us the ability to change for the better and to find dignity as individuals rather than as drones in one mass movement or another. We have the ability to love, the need to be loved, and the willingness to put our own lives on the line to protect those we love

Scourges assumed authority they had not been granted. They made a carefully reasoned decision to kill in greater numbers than were absolutely necessary to save themselves and the innocents who needed their protection. Scourges transgressed against social and sacred order... Scourges themselves are always scourged.

It looks awful lonely here. Most of the world is lonely corners. I'm not sure it's safe. Nowhere is safe unless you want it to be.

nothing smaller would so reliably stop an assailant.

She returns to her house and locks the thick oak door.

From now on, stay close by my side," Jeffy said. "Don't even think about getting more than an arm's reach away from me.

Nameless has no credit cards. He rarely carries identification of any kind, not even in false names.

Ross Morrant, the bodyguard, was sprawled in a mess of blood, mayonnaise, mustard, and salami.

Deputy Carrickton

Not every case requires him to kill, but when he does, he kills known murderers whom the law will not touch or the courts acquit for one reason or another. Even though he is supported by a formidable organization with deep resources, which remains a mystery to him, his fingerprints have been removed to protect him. It's better to leave no prints behind.

Having found peace in isolation, she won't put it at risk.

keeping a well-supplied larder was one way to buy at least a small measure of security, a way to feel safe.