Light a campfire and everyone’s a storyteller

olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she’s mad. and when she’s fragile like this, she’s a little lost bird looking for its nest.

Do not make the mistake of thinking that you have to agree with people and their beliefs to defend them from injustice.

In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega–a fellow you hired to walk in front of you at night with a lit lantern, showing you the...

Your mother said that Fraser sent her back to me, knowing that I would protect her–and you. … And like him, perhaps I send you back, knowing—as he knew of me–that he will protect you...

You can change the world again, instead of protecting yourself from it.

Don’t let the rain drive you to the wrong shelter; the shade can turn out to be your protector and also your destroyer, and sometimes the rain is the perfect protector from the rain.

So boasting of her capacity to surround and protect, there was scarcely a shell of herself left for her to know herself by; all was so lavished and spent; and James, as he stood stiff...

The only side God chooses is one of commonsense. If it doesn’t make sense; it is not God.

I tell Ki that I’m learning about words and stories to help our family. He says he’s protecting our family with his knife. Who is right? Which is best, protecting with words or with his...

Was it just fear? the voices wonder. We were fearful in the best of times; how could we cope with the worst? So we found the tallest walls and poured ourselves behind them. We kept...

Come morning, his memory would be of a night spent watching over them all. And each of them – dog and boy, mother and old man – would feel the same.

Seek protection from the supreme-being.

Her hands flew to her mouth. ‘Are we even twins?’Josh rested his hand on her shoulder and brought his forehead to rest against hers, strands of their blond hair mingling. ‘I will always be your...

Nowadays, you can do anything that you want—anal, oral, fisting—but you need to be wearing gloves, condoms, protection.

She sheltered her colors in the dark, where others were blind to see; I caught a glimpse of her lastly when she gave me a chance, before disappearing into the day. There was beauty locked...

Even though Xavier was only human, it seemed he could protect me from anything and everything. I wouldn’t have been worried if a fire-breathing dragon had torn of the roof, because I knew that Xavier...

I thought of how proud he was when he took the marks- cutting the skin of his throat in a long slash and then packing it with ashes until keloid scars rose up.He called it...

Yeah, it didn’t work like that because lies cannot protect

I wouldn’t be comfortable, but at least I’d have marginal protection against pointy steel objects that went stab in the night.

The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gesture of opening up, tearing the world open so that heaven my enter in, may...

Righteousness gives a person the right to God’s protection.

You must firmly, absolutely and ruthlessly protect your safety and sanity.

If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to it that they are added unto us. If we follow...

Protect the ears of your heart, rather than being drawn in each day like the fading tides that dance daily with the moon.

God is my shield.God is my defender.God is my protector.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I hold that the more helpless a creature the more entitled it is to protection by...

None shall die while I watch over them. The irony is so beautiful.” Elkinsair wiped at his eyes.

It’s because when God adopts you into His family, you belong to Him. He stamps His name on you. A name that comes with His protection. And His birthright, which is eternity and the power...

My role in all of this is very simple. I make clothing like armor. My clothing protects you from unwelcome eyes.

They want to take you away from me. They want to take away your right to follow your path. I can’t let that happen. I must protect you. You must remain hidden.” -Astral

And they protect our queen and lands. How reassuring.

If a person cannot protect you, it is because you were meant to perfect them.If they cannot perfect you, you are meant to protect them.

I guess what scares me the most now is the thought that I won’t be able to protect you

According to horses, a good friend is someone who listens, appreciates your company and teases you, but is protective at the same time.

You don’t have to protect yourself from anything! In fact, an attitude of protection will surely bring you to the vibration of the thing from which you’re protecting yourself. Because you can’t look at something...

Some people really need to be taught some manners,” he said disdainfully. I stared up at him.”Would you really have gotten in a fight for me?””Of course.” He didn’t hesitate.”But there were four of them.””Beth,...

Protecting somebody by hurting them before someone else gets the chance isn’t the kind of protecting that anybody wants.

He who trusts, however, in an oath on God,His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.

He considered her seriously. “Well. And that’s easy,” he said. “My Grace will protect me from him, And I’ll protect you. You’ll be safe with me, Katsa.

This softening she sees in me isn’t enough to make me affectionate, but it’s just enough to render me inept. I can’t give her what she wants — virtuousness — or what she needs —...

Friendship with the world removes God’s protection and His covering from us.

Trust is not a gasoline-soaked blanket that succumbs to the matches of betrayal, never able to be used for its warmth again; it’s a tapestry that wears thin in places, but can be patched over...

In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.To me, he said, “Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies.Do not wrestle with the demons of the dark,Else upon your mind they’ll place a...

I need to protect myself from myself. And my clone.

If we aren’t willing to do whatever is required,” he said finally, “then we risk losing what we have been mandated to protect.

I might be ready to embrace a snake, but, if one comes to bite you, I should kill it and protect you.

Human rejection can be God’s divine protection.

I wanted to protect her, and, if I couldn’t do that, I’d at least be there for her. (Eric)

Words don’t have the power to hurt you, unless that person meant more to you than you are willing to confess.