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“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Mark Twain, “Following the Equator” - 1897

“the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man.” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“You are protected, in short, by your ability to love!” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” - 2005

“I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend” J. R. R. Tolkien, “The Two Towers” - 1954

“Sarcastic people tend to be marshmallows underneath the armor” Stephen King, “11/22/63” - 2011

“It was agony to touch a person marked by something so good.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” - 1997

“Food and fire, protection and companionship, were some of the things he received from the god. In return, he guarded the god's property, defended his body, worked for him, and obeyed him.” Jack London, “White Fang” - 1906

“In selfish men caution is as secure an armour for their foes as for themselves.” Bram Stoker, “Dracula” - 1897

“This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector.” Plato, “The Republic”

“If you are a risk-taker, then the art is to protect the downside.” Richard Branson, “Losing My Virginity” - 1998

“I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other – and we still are.” Richard Branson, “Losing My Virginity” - 1998

“The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining—by filling three basic gaps in our anti-recession protection.” John F. Kennedy, “State of the Union Address” - 11 January 1962

“The effort for self-preservation is the first and only foundation of virtue.” Baruch Spinoza, “Ethics” - 1677

“Love needs no protection; it is its own protection. So long as love begets life no child is deserted, or hungry, or famished for the want of affection. I know this to be true.” Emma Goldman, “Anarchism and Other Essays” - 1910

“An unprotected childhood in a cold world has beaten gentleness out of me.” Thomas Hardy, “Far from the Madding Crowd” - 1874

“Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into forgetfulness of her past sorrows, keeping back the gloomy spectres that would persist in their attempts to touch...” Thomas Hardy, “Tess of the d'Urbervilles” - 1891

“He didn’t realize that love as powerful as your mother’s for you leaves its own mark. Not a scar, no visible sign... to have been loved so deeply, even though the person who loved us is gone, will give us some protection forever.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone” - 1997

“Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over the lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that the higher should protect the lower, and that there should be mutual aid between the two as...” Mahatma Gandhi, “The Story of my Experiments with Truth” - 1929

“If he doesn’t stop trying to save your life he’s going to kill you.” J. K. Rowling, “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets” - 1998

“Gentlemen, which means boys, be courteous to the old maids, no matter how poor and plain and prim, for the only chivalry worth having is that which is the readiest to pay deference to the old, protect the feeble, and serve womankind, regardless...” Louisa May Alcott, “Little Women” - 1868

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