Shield Quotes

281 quotes by 244 authors

And also, one is a mother in order to understand the inexplicable. One is a mother to lighten the darkness. One is a mother to… — Mariama BÃ¢
Watch, O Lord, with those who wake, or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones,… — Saint Augustine
The concept of progress acts as a protective mechanism to shield us from the terrors of the future. — Frank Herbert
So everything we believe about happiness is wrong," I said. He nodded. Everything?" I asked, when what I meant was, Everything? Including you? Including me?… — Megan McCafferty
And still Meriadoc the hobbit stood there blinking through his tears, and no one spoke to him, indeed none seemed to heed him. He brushed… — J.R.R. Tolkien
We create the illusions we need to go on. And one day, when they no longer dazzle or comfort, we tear them down, brick by… — Libba Bray
No", Tori said, " I kidnapped her and forced her to escape with me. I've been using her as a human shield against those guys… — Kelley Armstrong
I do give them to you," he announced. "Of my free will. Because this is my sword." He laid a hand on Arisa's shoulder. "And… — Hilari Bell
When you're young your mother shields you from the world because she thinks you're too young to understand, and when she's old you shield her… — Allison Pearson
Gil-galad was an Elven-king. Of him the harpers sadly sing: the last whose realm was fair and free between the Mountains and the Sea. His… — J.R.R. Tolkien
I am a child of the poisonous wind that copulated with the East River on an oil-slick, garbage infested midnight. I turn about on my… — Ray Bradbury
Return with your shield, or upon it.â€™ (Julian's stepmother) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Anya jumped in front of the man, acting as his shield. â€œNow, Sabin. He didnâ€™t mean any harm. Heâ€™s borderline stupid. You know that. — Gena Showalter
Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the… — Scott Lynch
Branches grew from his hands, his hair. His thoughts tangled like roots in the ground. He strained upward. Pitch ran like tears down his back.… — Patricia A. McKillip
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children.… — George R. R. Martin
William," the professor said, softly, "what now is your weapon?"...."Truth," he whispered, his voice rasping. He cleared his throat. "Truth is my sword." ...."And what… — Bryan Davis
If you draw your sword against those you sworn to protect, the very ones who trust in your strength, how will you convince them that… — Bryan Davis
...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear. — Charles Darwin
Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey. — John Updike

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