Creatures Quote by Honoré de Balzac

“The heart's fierce effort to protect itself from every slight, to shield its touchy honor from the bad opinion of friend and enemy, will…

— A.W. Tozer

“I will always protect you. I will always put the safety of your heart above everything else.....just know there is no word that could…

— Erika Taylor

“Nothing can be more demoralizing than a clinging and abject dependance upon another human being. This often amounts to the demand for a degree…

— Bill W

When we protect ourselves so we won't feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of of the heart.

— Pema Chodron

“He’s been protecting this intense, precious bond we share that is more than desire, more than tenderness, more than adoration, more than love.”

— Nina Lane

“To guard our character with unwavering commitment, our best protection comes from being humbly aware of our vulnerability.”

— Lee Ellis

“The human heart is a wild and bruised beast and often acts accordingly.”

— N.M. Kelby

“what is stronger than the human heart which shatters over and over and still lives”

— Rupi Kaur

“...a great part of what unmanned me was distress at the destruction of my own body. It was odd to realise that I had…

— Robin Hobb

“To guard themselves is the way of people whose instinct is to nurture and protect.”

— Iris Johansen

“I once heard that when fear takes possession of the heart of a person, it diminishes them”

— Chigozie Obioma

“In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.”

— Bram Stoker