Quotes About Restraint

She wouldn't let them take Hugo. They had to prise him from her. It took her father and a man they'd got from somewhere. Her mother stood by the window until it was all over.

May I keep this?" It was not a question. He was already turning away, placing her miniature painting inside his leather book and tying the straps, so that the bird could never fly away again, even if it had lived.

Suzy Zeus is tense as stemware, not explosive, just on edge— needs a ten-foot wall around her, or at least a ten-foot hedge, Suzy's straining, teeth to toenails, easing backward on the ledge.

We are captives, even if our wheat grows over the fences/ and swallows rise from our broken chains./ We are captives of what we love, what we desire, and what we are.

Men who never get carried away should be.

People who never get carried away should be.

I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant.

Guards, meanwhile, had to resist the

Treat no one with disdain; with patience bear Reviling language; with an angry man Be never angry; blessings give for curses.*

Think about self-defense less as what you do and more about what you don't do.

There's an old Irish saying: Many a time a man's mouth broke his nose.

You don't have the power to control the people, situations, and circumstances around you. You only have the power to control yourself.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

The best vaccine against anger is to watch others in its throes.

Life is a hard thing that presses us too tightly, forever hurting our souls. Upon feeling those restraints loosen for a moment, one can experience clear-sighted pleasures.

And what little she allowed herself to say was said in a strained tone, in which her ingrained timidity paralysed her tendency to freedom and audacity of speech.

Thus it shall befall Him, who to worth in women over-trusting, Lets her will rule: restraint she will not brook; And left to herself, if evil thence ensue She first his weak indulgence will accuse.

Having escaped restraint, they were, like some people we know of, afraid of their freedom, did not know what to do with it, and seemed glad to get back into the old familiar bondage.

Wine giveth the desire but taketh the ability

but you ask anybody who's been to jail, and they'll tell you—a little is way, way better than a lot. Way better.

You have no idea how difficult it was for me to not say, 'Welcome to Jurassic Park!' to all of you just now.

I'm saying pay attention to when it makes sense to say something," Vann said. "And pay attention to when it makes sense to hold it in for the moment. I get that you're used to saying what you think to anyone, anytime. That comes from being an entitled rich kid.

For all that, the higher Kiva ascended the steps of power, the more she realized that her policy of selfishness had, shall we say, certain limits. Perhaps

Hello, Anon-a-Writer! In one hand I have a restraining order, and in the other I have a Taser. Which would you like to meet first?