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Quotes About Protective

Reactive people are also affected by their social environment, by the "social weather." When people treat them well, they feel well; when people don't, they become defensive or protective. Reactive people build their emotional lives around the behavior of others, empowering the weaknesses of other people to control them.
~ Stephen R. Covey
You have to be possessive about who you love
~ Sushant Singh Rajput
Interestingly enough, there is some evidence that it is the provision of social support, as much or more than its receipt, that provides these protective benefits (and, somewhat unsurprisingly, that those who give more tend to receive more).9 Thus, it truly seems that it is better to give than to receive.
~ Jordan B. Peterson
every habit contains a kind of protective intelligence, a wisdom that somehow got frozen in a bygone time.
~ Ethan Nichtern
If you were truly mine, I would never share you." "Possessive, are you?" "Extremely.
~ Evangeline Anderson
Walnuts have a shell, and they have a kernel. Religions are the same. They have an essence, but then they have a protective coating. This is not the only way to put it. But it's my way. So the kernels are the same. However, the shells are different.
~ Huston Smith
The child who hates the parent becomes rigid—unable to let in love. He is so filled with shame that he feels that he cannot take in any further shame. He protects himself by making sure he is always "right." Such a person often becomes controlling, shaming, and/or abusive.
~ Beverly Engel
It was as if that day was so dark that my mind folded in on itself, protectively, the way a daisy will at night.
~ Bill Richardson
Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.
~ Christian Cage
God, she loved this kid. Wendy had one of those waves, the ones that sneak up on parents and crush them and make them just want to wrap their arms around their kid and never let him go.
~ Harlan Coben
When Tim made the turn, they both spotted Matthew walking away from the house. It was a teenage walk—head down, shoulders hunched protectively, feet scraping the ground, hands jammed aggressively deep into his jeans' pockets. He had white AirPods in his ears and didn't hear or see them until Tim nearly cut him off with the car. Matthew pulled out one of the earpieces.
~ Harlan Coben
I went to the premiere of The Detective with Sinatra, and perhaps people jumped to conclusions. He was very protective towards me and never came on to me sexually.
~ Jacqueline Bisset
There's something… strange about the way you two are together. The way he watches you — it's so… protective. Like he's about to throw himself in front of a bullet to save you or something.
~ Stephenie Meyer
Even if you are someone used to wearing armor, guarded and afraid, I think love is such a strong force it would find a way through your protective guard. It will get to your heart, and you can't put any fences around that. As much as you might try, you simply can't. You're going to have other forces that will be operative at the same time if it is right for you to fall in love with this activity or individual or cause or process. There
~ Sidney Poitier
On Waugh) As a protective device against the bruising contact of life, he was determined to see events and people as a fction from which he was separate.
~ Simon Leys
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~ Melissa George
My own fault. The equipment had safeties but your primary piece of protective equipment was your brain. There was a presumption that anyone entering this room was intelligent enough to keep away from hot things, sharp things, and things carrying large stores of momentum.
~ Max Barry
Not that she really wanted to mess with a pregnant woman. There was too much similarity between them and pit bulls for her liking.
~ Maya Banks
Innovation requires resources to invest, and you can see many companies pulling back and going into an intense protective mode in a major extended period of financial distress.
~ Peter Senge
If anyone said anything sideways about my children, I would literally be in jail like, just straight up.
~ Brandi Glanville
I hope I'm very similar to my mum because she is a fantastic mother. She was driven as well as being incredibly protective and caring, and I think that is important.
~ Sarah Parish
Zane moved his horse next to Lucy's and simply grabbed the girl around the waist. When she settled on the saddle in front of him, he unbuttoned his coat, tucked it around her, then fastened the bottom three buttons. "I wish he could do that with me," Maya said with a shiver.
~ Susan Mallery
The maternal instinct is in me.
~ Katy Mixon
Her scent filled my senses and a strong feeling of protective possessiveness washed over me again.
~ Evangeline Anderson