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There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives.""A...

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He crosses the front room, which he calls his study, and comes down the staircase. The stairs turn a...

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In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes.To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for the...

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It is terrible to be an unprotected being.

As time went on, we learned to arm ourselves in our different ways. Some of us with real guns, some ...

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Just why it should have happened, or why it should have happened just when it did, he could not, of ...

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Conrad AikenGreat Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection ...

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To protect the innocent, to avoid being one of Burke's good men who do nothing, you have to accept p...

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Your mother said that Fraser sent her back to me, knowing that I would protect her--and you. ... And...

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Diana GabaldonWritten in My Own Heart's Blood

If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally...

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The best protection any woman can have... is courage.

In Venice in the Middle Ages there was once a profession for a man called a codega--a fellow you hir...

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When I travel officially... and when I travel on a private basis, I have protection that is less suf...

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Why do the Gods make kings and queens if not to protect the ones who can't protect themselves?

Who will protect your rights better? A king, president or you? Who will protect the truth? A reporte...

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That was my first instinct -- to protect him. It never occurred to me that there was a greater need ...

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And Harry remembered his first nightmarish trip into the forest, the first time he had ever encounte...

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Harry flung himself out from behind the bush and pulled out his wand."EXPECTO PATRONUM!" he yelled.A...

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Gove...

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The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by...

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Protection and patriotism are reciprocal. This is the way which has led nations to greatness.

The very essence of civil liberty certainly consists in the right of every individual to claim the p...

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These are open secrets, so to speak. Of the kind we dare not articulate, for fear of wounding those ...

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Normally, Edward would have found intrusive, clingy behavior of this sort very annoying, but there w...

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Kate DiCamilloThe Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane

All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only ...

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Whether vampires should have been declared ‘alive’ and full citizens of the United States of America...

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Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. I...

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Our success educationally, industrially and politically is based upon the protection of a nation fou...

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The ache for home lives in all of us. The safe place where we can go as we are and not be questioned...

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Maya AngelouAll God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

The government belongs to the poor people of the country. We are custodian of people's hope. For who...

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The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord,That all the misbelieving and black HordeOf Fears and Sorrow...

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I don't want anyone to look to me, not for protection, not for happiness, not for love, not for anyt...

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I wish you were small again, so I could hold you in my arms and comfort you. But you are grown, and ...

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She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then f...

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The blessing hands of Christ are like a roof that protects us. But at the same time, they are a gest...

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olivia reminds me of a bird sometimes, how her feathers get all ruffled when she's mad. and when she...

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The best lightning rod for your protection is your own spine.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is ...

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Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first ...

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Well, in the early days of humans, the community was our only protection against predators, and agai...

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Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

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

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I begin to fully understand the lengths to which people have gone to protect me. What I mean to the ...

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He'd been a fool, he saw that now. How could he have thought, even for a minute, that they'd be safe...

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Truly we have had enough experience with sufferance and protection which could be revoked at will. C...

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Why on earth do you carry a mirror around with you?” “It's purely a defensive device. We seldom quar...

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Just as the hand rushes involuntarily to protect one's honor in case of accidental state of undress,...

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A book is a fragile creature, it suffers the wear of time, it fears rodents, the elements and clumsy...

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

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Who was there to guard youth from pain and death - youth who could not, who had never been able to, ...

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Suddenly you realize that you are the mother of the Universe, eager to protect, transform and care e...

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Miss Morstan and I stood together, and her hand was in mine. A wondrous subtle thing is love, for he...

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Arthur Conan DoyleSherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories