Protective Quotes

246 quotes by 228 authors

The guarantee of safety in a battering relationship can never be based upon a promise from the perpetrator, no matter how heartfelt. Rather, it must… — Judith Lewis Herman
No, the menace of the supernatural is that it attacks where modern minds are weakest, where we have abandoned our protective armor of superstition and… — Shirley Jackson
That macho protective bullshit is just some asshat man pissing on his territory so the other dogs will stay away. — Tammara Webber
Nothing ever fits the palm so perfectly, or feels so right, or inspires so much protective instinct as the hand of a child — Gregory David Roberts
What is an "I", and why are such things found (at least so far) only in association with, as poet Russell Edson once wonderfully phrased… — Douglas Hofstadter
He tasted each one of them. The raw power and majesty of Wrath. The vast strength of Rhage. The burning, protective loyalty of Phury. The… — J R Ward
You once said to me that I talk like a man in a book. I not only talk, but think and feel like one. I… — Nathanael West
Sometimes human beings are very much like bees. Bees are fiercely protective of their hive, provided you are outside it. Once youâ€™re in, the workers… — Neil Gaiman
And somewhere in that crimson-colored never-never land where i pirouetted madly, in a wild and crazy effort to exhaust myself into insensibility, i saw that… — Virginia C. Andrews
That's the paradox: the only time most people feel alive is when they're suffering, when something overwhelms their ordinary, careful armour, and the naked child… — Ted Hughes
Hang on, Pa, don't reach for yer shotgun just yet," I said, grinning over the protective streak I found funny, when there wasn't actually anything… — Rachel Vincent
Fear not lest precautions and protective contrivances diminish your pleasure: mystery only adds thereto. — Marquis de Sade
And it was kind of funny to see all these professional fighters unwilling to get within a mile of the female. Then again, if you… — J R Ward
He is just protective over me-â€ â€œNot protective, Tania. Consumed. — Paullina Simons
The philosophy that I have worked under most of my life is that the serious study of natural history is an activity which has far-reaching… — Roger Tory Peterson
I believe that every person, male and female, needs to be in a protective mode at all times of alertness to potential danger. The world… — Camille Paglia
Once I start writing about somebody, I become very protective of them. — Peter Morgan
I feel very protective of younger actresses, because it was so hard for me in the business. — Leslie Mann
Irony has seeped into the felt of any fedora hat I have ever owned - not out of any wish of mine, but out of… — George W. S. Trow
My parents were just really weird and protective about the music I listened to. Whenever I wanted to buy an album, they would have to… — Dane DeHaan

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