Quotes About Vigilance

The man who says his prayers in the evening is a captain posting his sentries. After that, he can sleep.

It is better to be safe than sorry.

The way to be safe is never to be secure.

To be on the alert is to live; to be lulled into security is to die.

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

The minute you think you've got it made, disaster is just around the corner.

Everybody knows if you are too careful you are so occupied in being careful that you are sure to stumble over something.

The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don't see coming.

A cop did better cynical and suspicious.

You've got eyes on that block.

In a world of chance is there a better and a worse? We yield to a stranger's embrace or give ourselves to the waves; for the blink of an eyelid our vigilance relaxes; we are asleep; and when we awake, we have lost the direction of our lives. What are these blinks of an eyelid, against which the only defence is an eternal and inhuman wakefulness? Might they not be the cracks and chinks through which another voice, other voices, speak in our lives? By what right do we close our ears to them?

How many people are there left who are neither locked up nor standing guard at the gate?

I must not fall asleep in the middle of my life.

As they went by Assail, the male was watching them. Jesus, he really is blind Wrath pulled up short and unsheathed his dagger, pointed it directly into the guys face. But my hearing is just fine

Cause nothing said lovin' like a shitload of motion detectors.

In the cave's innermost entryway, a band of four stood tall and thick, shouldered and heavily weaponed. Members of the Brotherhood. He knew this quartet by name: Ahgony, Throe, Murhder, Tohrture.

Word of advice. These have a kick, so don't suck too hard—" Holy hypoxia, Batman.

Every part of him wanted to stay with Jo. Make sure she was okay. Attend to her every need, bringing her the choicest food and cleanest drink, securing her a warm and dry shelter, along with clothes that were of fabrics and colors of her preference. He wanted to sleep with her up against his body, skin to skin, a dagger in his right hand, a gun under his pillow, a length of chain beneath the bed, to ensure her protection against anything and everybody that would hurt her.

What, like you didn't think I'd have a second knife? Fucking idiot.

Cause nothing said lovin' like a shitload of motion detectors.

With regard to threats against you. I would care to apprise you of a certain individual you would be wise to watch with care." Wrath cocked an eyebrow over the rim of his wraparound. "Do tell.

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While we are sleeping, two-thirds of the world is plotting to do us in.

I like to think of myself as a 'Mord the jailer' type.