Quotes About Self-preservation

I try to separate my modelling work from my school life because I don't want people to think of me differently or that I am a certain way because of it.

Don't die. Don't die! You don't have to win. You don't have to keep trying! Just don't get hurt anymore, please!

Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.

My eyes were stinging, my body shaking, and my heart seemed to be just aching deep in my chest. (...) I should have let myself smash down the rocks. It would have hurt a whole lot less

We can't always follow our hearts, no matter how good our intentions are. Sometimes, whether we like it or not, we just have to do whatever's necessary to keep ourselves going.

I was not flexible, lived a life that required me to be tense at all times in case someone tried to fuck me over, and I found the simple act of making my spine erect, making my pelvis and thighs do regular stuff, was a little more difficult than I'd expected.

She could not smash anything without breaking herself.

In a country which had accepted caste distinctions for many centuries, inequality had become an inborn mental concept. In a state of chaos, self-preservation is the supreme duty.

It's wrong for a state to turn its people into monsters, even to secure ourselves, bacause we draw the line at becoming what we behold

Our habitual, daily routines appear merely as common, everyday battles. People strive to protect themselves against the encroachments of others, dropping a Venetian blind over their faces and fastening it tight.

Between the 'death bridge' and our little chat with the Queen of the Damned, I've decided I should carry a gun at all times; whether it's to defend myself or to put myself out of my own misery," Carmen rambled on nervously. "It's a win-win situation, really.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.

Evolution has taught them that pointless harm will ultimately harm themselves.

In retreating we cling to simplicity (recognition and acceptance of being powerless), sincerity, and serenity, and to the power of truth to correct the situation. Thus, we retain our inner independence, preserve the power of our personality, and are able to go on our way without any loss of self.

I've always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that's the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.

She couldn't let him get close. He would let her down. She knew it. And when that happened, she would be worse off than before. Better to keep her heart closed, safe. Guarded.

Be careful. Guard your heart. No one else is going to take care of you.

I do not want to take part in my life. It can just go on without me; I'm not giving it any help. I don't want to see it, I don't want to talk to it, I don't want it anywhere near me. It takes too much energy. I refuse to be a part of it. If you have a life, even if you get used to it ruining your sleep, spoiling your fun, requiring your somewhat undivided attention, what overwhelming relief one must feel when it finally skips town.

Never let 'em see you ache. That's what Mr. Mayer used to say. Or was it ass? Never let 'em see your ass.

no one can ever save someone else, you know? We can only save ourselves. You know that, don't you?

She is carrying round a pizza cutter 4 protection. She's so freaked. She wants me to carry a steak knife.

I've got the Mark of Cain," said Simon. "That means nothing can kill me, right?" "You can kill yourself," Magnus said, somewhat unhelpfully. "As far as I know, inanimate objects can accidentally kill you. So if you were planning on teaching yourself the lambada on a greased platform over a pit full of knives, I wouldn't." "There goes my Saturday.

Keep apart, keep apart, and preserve one's soul alive—that is the teaching for the day. It is ill to have been born in these times, but one can make a world within the world.

I stood up as best I could to their disgusting stupidity and brutality, but I did not, of course, manage to beat them at their own game. It was a fight to the bitter end, one in which I was not defending ideals or beliefs but simply my own self.