Quotes About Vigilance

Don't be naive and allow a man to take advantage of you.

Being a stunt coordinator, I have to take care not only of myself but I have to make sure everyone is safe.

I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.

If one bird foraging in a flock on the ground suddenly takes off, all other birds will take off immediately after, before they even know what's going on. The one who stays behind may be prey.

I prefer to be alive, so I'm cautious about taking risks.

I had the idea that I should beat up every player I tangled with and nothing ever convinced me it wasn't a good idea.

I've got to think about this. I thought Abbot was a stand-up guy, but how well do I know him outside of the few deals we've made? He's the Augur. Power is his business. Everything else is secondary. Including me and a load of nine-to-five civilians downtown. I need to think about this more. But mostly I've got to watch my back. If something happens to me, what happens to Janet and Candy and the others?

He may have been young, but he was from Jefferson. He had already learned that, many times, sexual predators were also quite clumsy,

the early worm is likely to get caught.

Don't touch her," he growled. There was a note in his voice that would of scared me if it had been directed toward me. He shoved me behind him, putting his body protectively in front of mine with my back to the table. Guardians came at us from all directions,and Dimitri began dispatching them with the same deadly grace that had once made people call him a god.

Rose. Roza. Open your eyes." I've never heard heard his voice so strained, so frantic. "Don't go to sleep on me. Not yet.

Roza." his voice had that same wonderful lowness, the same accent...it was all just colder. "You forgot my first lesson: Don't hesitate." I just barely saw his fist striking out toward my head...and then I saw nothing at all.

that was something we'd been taught as guardians: sleep when you can because you don't know when you'll be able to again.

The difference between paranoia and remaining alert is how you let your fear affect you.

constructively paranoid

any moment. Keep your guns handy.

Pop says cops and courts no longer protect citizens, so citizens must protect themselves.

We lived here a while. No annex then, had to have an armed guard just to pee.

cops and courts no longer protect citizens, so citizens must protect themselves.

Hawk and I lay behind the rock

Mary Lou Buckman and I sat in the first booth, and I, mindful of Wild Bill Hickok, sat facing the door.

Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom.

So Pike and his guys set up, dug in, and waited, night-vision goggles, commo buds in their ears, weapons locked and hot, good to go.

Amber was cooperative once she got on board, and Tyson was docile. We grabbed Tyson's backpack and toiletries, and Amber stuffed a few clothes and toiletries into a tote bag. I watched what they packed, and checked their bags. Amber moved quickly once she got going, and didn't whine or complain. Tyson said nothing, and avoided eye contact. I grabbed two towels from Amber's bathroom on the way out, and tossed a towel to Joe. He draped it over his gun.