Protective Quotes

246 quotes by 230 authors

He was being about as protective as a can-opener. — Dorothy L. Sayers
I'm 190 pounds of rock hard muscle, underneath 40 pounds of sturdy protective fat. — John Swartzwelder
Mooner was walking around laying his hands on the cars, divining karma. "this is it", he said, standing by a small khaki-colored jeep."this car has… — Janet Evanovich
the neighborhood is nothing but a protective zone- remodeling, disinfection, a snobbish and hygenic design- but above all in a figurative sense: it is a… — Jean Baudrillard
And you've actually watched it yourself?' I asked. 'Willingly?' Sure. I had to see it, you know? Besides we should be safe. Only one in… — Scott Westerfeld
over protective? a butler in a grade- B movie? someones jewish mother? you got it — Margaret Weis
I glanced at Radu. "What, exactly is Louis-Cesare's problem?'. [..] Suddenly a speculative gleam lit his eyes. It made me nervous. 'He tends to be… — Karen Chance
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. — Frank Herbert
It was like that. Sometimes I'd go for a periodâ€”days or weeksâ€”without feeling the full sweep of my loss, and then as unexpected as a… — Bette Greene
All my life, up until that moment, I'd had a warm, protective blanket wrapped around me, knitted of aunts and uncles, purled of first and… — Karen Marie Moning
I'm floating inside my skin. I could go on floating like this for days. Right now, the real world with its heartbreak and disappointments is… — Libba Bray
Thereâ€™s somethingâ€¦ strange about the way you two are together. The way he watches you â€” itâ€™s soâ€¦ protective. Like heâ€™s about to throw himself… — Stephenie Meyer
The other mammoths were as protective of the dying as they were of newborns, and they gathered around tying to make the fallen one get… — Jean M. Auel
Heâ€™s gone, Harry told himself. Heâ€™s gone. He had to keep thinking it as he washed and dressed, as though repetition would dull the shock… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Ethan was loyal and funny and protective. When we were little, he was the brother most likely to make me cryâ€”and mostly likely to wipe… — Rachel Vincent
Let them go, I tell myself. Say good-bye and forget them. I do my best, thinking of them one by one, releasing them like birds… — Suzanne Collins
The sun was hot on my skin, too bright as it bounced off the white concrete and blinded me. I felt dangerously exposed. More fiercely… — Stephenie Meyer
Danger comes in many forms, I suppose. For some people, it might be jumping off a bridge or climbing impossible moutains. For others, it could… — David Levithan
...and suddenly it occurred to him that the birds, whose twitters and repeated songs sounded so pretty and affirming of nature and the coming day,… — David Foster Wallace
... he was sunset against the mountains, strong, vibrant, dangerous, and yet somehow sheltering, protective. And married. Picnic, meet rain. — Devon Monk

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