Shields Quotes
252 quotes by 215 authors
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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
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If Jacob was right and clothes were costumes and makeup a mask, then our attitudes and habits must be our shields.
— Justina Chen
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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
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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
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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
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Return with your shield, or upon it.’ (Julian's stepmother)
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Anya jumped in front of the man, acting as his shield. “Now, Sabin. He didn’t mean any harm. He’s borderline stupid. You know that.
— Gena Showalter
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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...for the shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.
— Charles Darwin
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Darkness shields as much as it threatens.
— R. Scott Bakker
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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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We should seek after spiritual gifts. They can lead us to God. They can shield us from the power of the adversary. They can compensate…
— Dallin H. Oaks
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I shut up everything inside. Everything." Words ground out through clenched teeth. "I thought if I could hold it, just hold it, it would be…
— Nalini Singh
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The truth is often one's best shield.
— James Rollins
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Zoe readied her arrows. Grover lifted his pipes. Thalia raised her shield and I noticed a tear running down her cheek. Suddenly it occurred to…
— Rick Riordan
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I’ve won his heart, but it’s like owning a house in which most of the doors are permanently locked. He wants to shield me from…
— Lisa Kleypas
Who Wrote These Shields Quotes
215 authors contributed a total of 252 Shields Quotes, led by these top contributors: