#guardian

From the cradle to the grave she is subject to the power and control of man. Father, guardian, or husband, one conveys her like some piece of merchandise over to the other. ↗

— Ernestine Rose

#conveys #cradle #father #grave #guardian

As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India. ↗

— Nicholas D. Kristof

#drive #enough #got #guardian #i

I like to believe that I've got a lot of guardian warriors sittin' on my shoulder including my dad. ↗

— Patrick Swayze

#dad #got #guardian #i #including

In all cases love was a strong emotion, not easily contained once it was unleashed. I realized now that love was like a blossoming flower that continually added more and more petals. But there was no end point. There was no full bloom. It went on forever. Growing, strengthening. ↗

— Rachel Hawthorne

#love

To understand pretending is to conquer all barriers of time and space. ↗

— William Joyce

#nicholas-st-north #north #ombric #pretending #rise-of-the-guardians

I angle my head down and peer up at him through my lashes in what I hope is an alluring manner. I have zero experience in this area though, so it’s possible I look like a total moron. ↗

— Rachel Morgan

#faerie-guardian #funny #experience

You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#gandalf #guardianship #orc #secret

Giving someone a piece of your soul is better than giving a piece of your heart. Because souls are eternal. ↗

— Helen Boswell

#guardian-angels #soulmates #souls #mythology

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will. ↗

— John Acton

#both #condition #conscience #domains #duty

Fly you fools ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#guardianship #fool