Protecting Loved Ones Quotes

“That I can’t protect you from my terrible places that I still go, can’t help but go because no one protected me, no one saved me, no one ever held out their hand and walked me away. But I’m trying to save you, Sunshine. I’m trying in my broken way.”
― Mona Awad, Rouge

“Fighting to protect the people you cared for was one thing. Trusting someone you loved to fight for themselves took a different kind of strength and bravery.”
― Martina Boone, Illusion

“Layla narrowed her gaze at Liam. "Try and be nice. I know it's an effort, but if you hurt her---"
"Are you threatening me?" Liam's lips quivered at the corners. "You're only half my size."
"There are many ways to hurt a man," Layla said quietly. "And our choir does need a new soprano...”
― Sara Desai, The Dating Plan

“It's an ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition," Polly began, "the mixing of two ideas---one from earliest Christian times, the other from long before. The first Christians used to follow the custom of 'waking' a new church by singing, feasting, and praying in it."
Jess, disappointed: "But that's not got nothing to do with a dead body."
"I'm not finished yet."
Jess mimed zipping her lips.
"The other tradition I mentioned is much older. Long before the Christians came to Britain, an all-night vigil would be held over the body of the recently dead. Loved ones would mourn and chant and share stories of the person's life. It was called 'waking the dead'."
Jess felt her eyes widen involuntarily as he thoughts went to Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, to Cathy's ghost haunting Withering Heights. "You mean they brought them back to life?"
"Well, no."
"But you said---"
"Back then, the word 'wake' didn't mean to become alert; it meant 'to watch' or 'to guard'."
"But what were they guarding against?"
"There were those who believed the newly dead soul was at risk of theft by evil spirits."
Soul theft at the hands of evil spirits had been almost as exciting as bringing the dead back to life.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“If any of you medieval monkeys ever try to harm her again, I will wipe your Vatican off the face of Rome!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Before sending those kids to hurt my woman, you should've warned them that their granddad would be standing on guard!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“One scratch on Amy, and there'll be earthquake in Italy!”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction

“Nesta looked to me- and I could have sworn fear shone there, and guilt and... some other feeling. 'You told me to run.'

'You're my sister,' was all I said. She'd once tried to cross the wall to save me.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“It's an ancient Anglo-Saxon tradition," Polly began, "the mixing of two ideas---one from earliest Christian times, the other from long before. The first Christians used to follow the custom of 'waking' a new church by singing, feasting, and praying in it."
Jess, disappointed: "But that's got nothing to do with a dead body."
"I'm not finished yet."
Jess mimed zipping her lips.
"The other tradition I mentioned is much older. Long before the Christians came to Britain, an all-night vigil would be held over the body of the recently dead. Loved ones would mourn and chant and share stories of the person's life. It was called 'waking the dead'."
Jess felt her eyes widen involuntarily as her thoughts went to Dr. Frankenstein and his monster, to Cathy's ghost haunting Wuthering Heights. "You mean they brought them back to life?"
"Well, no."
"But you said---"
"Back then, the word 'wake' didn't mean to become alert; it meant 'to watch' or 'to guard'."
"But what were they guarding against?"
"There were those who believed the newly dead soul was at risk of theft by evil spirits."
Soul theft at the hands of evil spirits had been almost as exciting as bringing the dead back to life.”
― Kate Morton, Homecoming

“I won’t burry you under my weight.”
― Neda Aria, Bella Donna

“There are people who thrive on disruption, who seem to carry chaos like a badge of honor. You know the type - the ones who show up with irrelevant drama when you're trying to rebuild your peace, or who invent emergencies that somehow always revolve around them. They aim to scatter your focus and drain your energy, pulling you into a storm you never signed up for.

These people? They’re no good for us. And it’s okay to say it out loud. Protecting your peace doesn’t make you selfish - it makes you intentional. Let them carry their chaos elsewhere. Your calm is your sanctuary - defend it like your life depends on it, because in many ways, it does.”
― Darnell Lamont Walker