Quotes About Protective

The shepherd may in fact be looked upon as the spiritual brother of the hunter, his better self, stressing the protective rather than the predatory function.

There is an urgent need for a protective Ebola vaccine, and it is important to establish that a vaccine is safe and spurs the immune system to react in a way necessary to protect against infection.

I like alphas. I like bad boys. I like a guy with a protective streak.

My parents were kind of over protective people. Me and my sister had to play in the backyard all the time. They bought us bikes for Christmas but wouldn't let us ride in the street, we had to ride in the backyard. Another Christmas, my dad got me a basketball hoop and put it in the middle of the lawn! You can't dribble on grass.

Thorn gripped her claws tighter. "Sunny. You're my daughter.

The mildest, drowsiest sister has been known to turn tiger if her sibling is in trouble.

Wicked girl. Yet you let your sister take the brunt of my ire. That wasn't very nice, was it?

Madeline, she realized, was one of those slightly dangerous people who jumped right in defending their friends and stirred up far bigger waves than the first tiny ripple.

People with dominant Egotist Imposters who are self-actualized are often strong and self-possessed leaders, direct in their interaction with others, and even protective of others. Many of them are true trailblazers. When they empower people instead of intimidating them, they are remarkable change agents.

Deborah called the dispatcher and said, "I've got the Aldovar girl. I'm taking her home," and Samantha muttered, "Big whoopee-shit." Deborah just glanced at her with something that looked like a rictus but was probably supposed to be a reassuring smile, and then she put the car in gear, and I had a little over half an hour to sit in the backseat and picture my life splintering into a million decorative shards.

The trees stood stiffly like sinister monks in black habits guarding the glades and clearings with the broad sleeves of their branches.

She returned to Boston in April, during the break after the Lent term, a diamond ring from Roger concealed on a chain beneath her sweater, and this made her feel dipped in a protective coating from her family.

Human thinking is born out of this neurological defect in the human species. Anything that is born out of human thinking is destructive. Thought is destructive. Thought is a protective mechanism. It draws frontiers around itself, and it wants to protect itself. It is for the same reason that we also draw lines on this planet and extend them as far as we can.

Diligence is a priceless treasure; prudence a protective charm.

Sometimes I think we parvenus are more protective of the social pecking order than the nobility.  I suppose it's born out of fear.

I'm not a kid. You don't get in this business for anonymity. It's not like I have posters of myself on the wall, but at the same time, I'm kind of ready for a little bit of it, but I worry for my little one, and my family - their privacy. That's what I'm more protective of.

You do know Chris is thoroughly fucked-up, don't you?" My reply is instant, defensive. Protective. "Aren't we all?" "Not like Chris." I don't ask how he knows. It could be the club. Maybe a friendship that once was and is now lost. It doesn't matter. "It's his imperfections that make him perfect," I reply, and there is conviction in my voice.

Men are like dogs. Some are… Well, men are just like dogs.

Love and pride and a painful protective instinct crunch through her chest. Matthew and Phoebe are Lily's raison d'être. She knows why she wanted kids so badly. Having children is a hopeful, redemptive act. It's not only a literal reinvention of oneself, it's a way to reshape the idea of one's self.

68% of all Child Protective Services (CPS) cases do not involve child maltreatment but are for "deprivation of necessities due to poverty.

Comfort food. That was the only thing on Tae's mind as she loaded up her arms in the convenience store. Comfort food and… Riggs Copeland. Big, strong, protective, annoyingly sexy Riggs Copeland She tried really hard to not repeat mistakes, but she wasn't sure she could resist this particular one.

supposed to stay in a box with a bunch of baby birds called goslings. I nudged a few of them aside and lay down and at once they were huddled all around me, trying to cuddle right up to my nose. I was worried that if I yawned they might try to climb into my mouth!

never would I be able to revive that unfazed sense of security first fostered in a little child by a big, protective republic

You okay? Fine. Your heart's beating really fast. Gee, thanks. That's very comforting that you can hear it. He smiled, and it was the old Michael, the one she'd first met before all the vamp stuff. Yeah, I know it is. Sorry. Just stay behind me if there's trouble. You sound like Shane. Well, he did say he'd kill me if I got you hurt. I'm just looking after my own neck. Liar.