#protective

There are a hundred ways in which a boy can injure—if not indeed kill—himself. The more adventurous he is and the greater his initiative, the more ways he will find. If you protect him from each of the first hundred, he is sure to find the hundred and first. Though most men can look back on their boyhood and tremble at the narrowness of some of their escapes, most boys do in fact survive more or less intact, and the wise father is the trusting father. ↗

— Christopher Milne

#over-protectiveness #parenting #trust #men

And you are mine, and you will be mine. They will not get you. - Eric from Dead and Gone ↗

— Charlaine Harris

#romantic #sweet #romantic

I leaned forward on the table and leveled her with my steady gaze. “Do not ever speak to her that way again. If she hadn’t agreed to come with me I wouldn’t have come. Don’t underestimate her importance. She’s mine. Respect that. ↗

— Abbi Glines

#respect

Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation. ↗

— Virginia Woolf

#dignity #double-standards #empowerment #feminism #gender

The guy that's going to kick your ass for hurting her. ↗

— Richelle Mead

#protective #adrian-ivashkov

I realised how paranoid and guarded and not trusting - walled-in - I had become. Not consciously so, but just this armour that I kind of have, protective armour. It's not for my friends or family, but for being.outside in the world, always on guard. ↗

— Jennifer Aniston

#armour #become #being #consciously #family

In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions. ↗

— Julian Assange

#around #assets #attacks #been #different

The supply of leaks is very large. It's helpful for us to have more people in this industry. It's protective to us. ↗

— Julian Assange

#industry #large #leaks #more #more people

It is only in his music, which Americans are able to admire because a protective sentimentality limits their understanding of it, that the Negro in America has been able to tell his story. ↗

— James Baldwin

#admire #america #because #been #his

My concerts are about me being very private in public, but I'm very protective. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#being #concerts #i #me #private