Brianna dropped the skateboard in front of Sam. “Don’t worry: I won’t let you fall off.”
“Yeah? Then why did you bring the helmet?”
Brianna tossed it to him. “In case you fall off.
Tag: humor safety gone-series skateboarding
As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some of us with more ephemeral weapons, an idea or improbable plan or some sort of formulation about how best to move through the world. An idea that will let us be. Protect us and keep us safe. But a weapon nonetheless.
Colson WhiteheadTag: life world plans safety weapons ideas guns aging protection
There's no guarantee of disaster-free in any world religion,
but love, faith and knowledge give men hope and willpower.
Tag: life inspirational truth love knowledge religion faith safety hope willpower guarantee
Her scent blazed in my throat and I was glad. It was a pain that meant she was alive. As long as I burned, she was safe.
Stephenie MeyerTag: pain safety twilight midnight-sun
And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.
Anne RiceTag: books safety hope universe lestat rescue
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
James BaldwinTag: philosophy home safety fulfillment psychology security completion anchoring attachment belonging comfort permanence state-of-mind irrevocability
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.
TacitusHaving a sister or a friend is like sitting at night in a lighted house. Those outside can watch you if they want, but you need not see them. You simply say, "Here are the perimeters of our attention. If you prowl around under the windows till the crickets go silent, we will pull the shades. If you wish us to suffer your envious curiosity, you must permit us not to notice it." Anyone with one solid human bond is that smug, and it is the smugness as much as the comfort and safety that lonely people covet and admire.
Marilynne RobinsonTag: friend safety loneliness relationships comfort sister
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
Jeff CooperTag: morality freedom evil safety tyranny law guns arms good-and-evil constitution protection moral bill-of-rights right-to-bear-arms second-amendment gun-control gun-rights gun righteous gunslinger gun-ammo gun-laws rifle rifles right-to-keep-and-bear-arms
These are all I have. I do not have the wide, bright beacon of some solid old lighthouse, guiding ships safely home, past the jaggedrocks. I only have these little glimmers that flicker and then go out.
Rebecca WellsTag: life family home safety light possessions glimmers
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