Protective Quotes

“My little sister snuck out of the house carrying a circular-saw blade and a can of Mace. I couldn't exactly let her come alone.”
― Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Every Other Day

“And you are mine, and you will be mine. They
will not get you. - Eric from Dead and Gone”
― Charlaine Harris, Dead and Gone

“I dare a lot more than that." Roth's skin seemed to thin his face becoming sharp angles."I will not stand for one hair on her head to be harmed. If you want her, you're going to have to come through me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Every Last Breath

“The bitch-goddess, as she is called, of Success, roamed, snarling and protective, round the half-humble, half-defiant Michaelis’ heels, and intimidated Clifford completely: for he wanted to prostitute himself to the bitchgoddess, Success also, if only she would have him.”
― D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover

“You can't be that overprotective if you didn't love someone.”
― Mariana Zapata, Dear Aaron

“there really is a place where kisses taste like apple pie and where stars spill like sugar across the sky.”
― Nina Lane

“Be careful how you speak about my High Lady.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“I am not a child to be fought over.'

Nesta's pulse pounded throughout her body, 'Do you not remember the war? What we encountered? Do you not remember the Cauldron kidnapping you, bringing you into the heart of Hybern's camp?'

'I do,' Elain said coldly. 'And I remember Feyre rescuing me.'

Roaring erupted in Nesta's head.

For a heartbeat, it appeared that Elain might say something to soften the words. But Nesta cut her off, seething at the pity about to be thrown her way. 'Look who decided to grow claws after all,' she crooned. 'Maybe you've become interesting at last, Elain.'

Nesta saw the blow land, like a physical impact, in Elain's face, her posture. No one spoke, though shadows gathered in the corners of the room, like snakes preparing to strike.

Elain's eyes brightened with pain. Something imploded in Nesta's chest at that expression. She opened her mouth, as if it could somehow be undone. But Elain said, 'I went into the Cauldron, too, you know. And it captured me. And yet somehow all you think of is what my trauma did to you.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“Putting her under my command was the only thing I could think of to keep her safe.'

'Not doing such a good job, are you?' Nolan's eyes narrow.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Jacks reminded himself she was safe with Apollo. As a princess, she'd have anything she ever wanted.

But she wasn't supposed to want to kiss him. It wasn't fair of Jacks to hate her a little for it. But feeling hateful was the only thing that made it possible for him to leave. And he really needed to leave.

Evangeline was safe. That was what mattered.

If Jacks stayed, if he stormed in the room and used his powers to make Apollo watch as Jacks told Evangeline that she wasn't nothing to him. That she was everything. That he'd turned back time to keep her alive, and he would make the same choice again. If Jacks made her remember that he was the one she should have wanted to kiss. She wouldn't be safe anymore. She wouldn't even be alive.

If Evangeline was going to have any future, Jacks could not be a part of it.”
― Stephanie Garber, A Curse for True Love

“Lilac’s protective nature ignited all the supernatural powers in her; she never imagined existed. A surge of adrenaline, triggered by her fight-or-flight response, gave her physical body the super-human strength needed to free her hands from bondage.”
― Lali A. Love, Heart of a Warrior Angel

“I'm sorry.'

I blinked. 'What do you possibly have to be sorry for?'

'His hands were shaking- as if in the aftermath of that fury at what Keir had called me, what he'd threatened. Perhaps he'd brought me here before heading home in order to have some privacy before his friends could interrupt. 'I shouldn't have let you go. Let you see that part of us. Of me.' I'd never seen him so raw, so... stumbling.

'I'm fine.' I didn't know what to make of what had been done. Both between us and to Keir. But it had been my choice. To play that role, to wear those clothes. To let him touch me. But... I said slowly, 'We knew what tonight would require of us. Please- please don't start protecting me. Not like that.' He knew what I meant. He'd protected me Under the Mountain, but that primal, male rage he'd just shown Keir... A shattered study splattered in paint flashed through my memory.

Rhys rasped. 'I will never- never lock you up, force you to stay behind. But when he threatened you tonight, when he called you...' Whore. That's what they'd called him. For fifty years, they'd hissed it. I'd listened to Lucien spit the words in his face. Rhys released a jagged breath. 'It's hard to shut down my instincts.'

Instincts. Just like... like someone else had instincts to protect, to hide me away. 'Then you should have prepared yourself better,' I snapped. 'You seemed to be going along just fine with it, until Keir said-'

'I will kill anyone who harms you,' Rhys snarled. 'I will kill them, and take a damn long time doing it.' He panted. 'Go ahead. Hate me- despise me for it.'

'You are my friend,' I said, and my voice broke on the word. I hated the tears that slipped down my face. I didn't even know why I was crying. Perhaps for the fact that it had felt real on that throne with him, even for a moment, and... and it likely hadn't been. Not for him. 'You're my friend- and I understand that you're High Lord. I understand that you will defend your true court, and punish threats against it. But I can't... I don't want you to stop telling me things, inviting me to do things, because of the threats against me.'

Darkness rippled, and wings tore from his back. 'I am not him,' Rhys breathed. 'I will never be him, act like him. He locked you up and let you wither, and die.'

'He tried-'

'Stop comparing. Stop comparing me to him.'

The words cut me short. I blinked.

'You think I don't know how stories get written- how this story will be written?' Rhys put his hands on his chest, his face more open, more anguished than I'd seen it. 'I am the dark lord, who stole away the bride of spring. I am a demon, and a nightmare, and I will meet a bad end. He is the golden prince- the hero who will get to keep you as his reward for not dying of stupidity and arrogance.'

The things I love have a tendency to be taken from me. He'd admitted that to me Under the Mountain.

But his words were kindling to my temper, to whatever pit of fear was yawning open inside of me. 'And what about my story?' I hissed. 'What about my reward? What about what I want?'

'What is it that you want, Feyre?'

I had no answer. I didn't know. Not anymore.

'What is it that you want, Feyre?'

I stayed silent.

His laugh was bitter, soft. 'I thought so. Perhaps you should take some time to figure that out one of these days.'

'Perhaps I don't know what I want, but at least I don't hide what I am behind a mask,' I seethed. 'At least I let them see who I am, broken bits and all. Yes- it's to save your people. But what about the other masks, Rhys? What about letting your friends see your real face? But maybe it's easier not to. Because what if you did let someone in? And what if they saw everything, and still walked away? Who could blame them- who would want to bother with that sort of mess?'

He flinched.

The most powerful High Lord in history flinched. And I knew I'd hit hard- and deep.

Too hard. Too deep.

'Rhys,' I said.”
― Sarah J. Maas

“It nearly killed me. It trapped me like a bird in a cage.'

Elain said, 'Then I will find it. I might require some time to reacquaint myself with my powers, but I could start today.'

'Absolutely not,' Nesta spat, fingers curling at her sides. 'Absolutely not.'

'Why?' Elain demanded. 'Shall I tend to my little garden forever?' When Nesta flinched, Elain said, 'You can't have it both ways. You cannot resent my decision to lead a small, quiet life while also refusing to let me do anything greater.'

'Then go off on adventures,' Nesta said. 'Go drink and fuck strangers. But stay away from the Cauldron.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A ​Court of Silver Flames

“I had to do it,' he said, dipping his head so his cheek pressed against mine. 'No one, and I mean no one, speaks of you like that. Threatens you and lives.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Do not,' Raihn said sharply, 'speak about her that way.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“And as for this one...' I tried not to flinch away from meeting his stare. 'She's mine,' he said quietly, but viciously enough that Devlon and his warriors nearby heard. 'And if any of you lay a hand on her, you lose that hand. And then you lose your head.' I tried not to shiver, as Cassian and Mor showed no reaction at all. 'And once Feyre is done killing you,' Rhys smirked, 'then I'll grind your bones to dust.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“I would have fired at him,' I breathed, 'if he had tried to hurt you.'

I hadn't even admitted that to myself.

His eyes flickered. 'I know.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury

“Fish oil is known for its protective properties to human health.”
― Steven Magee, Pandemic Supplements

“I wasn't sure I'd been born with the ability to forgive. Not for terrors inflicted on those I loved. For myself, I didn't care- not nearly as much. But there was some fundamental pillar of steel in me that could not bend or break in this. Could not stomach the idea of letting these people get away with what they'd done.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin

“After a few slow dances, Dallas and I take a break. He stops by the punch table, as Raya walks over. Dallas hands me a glass, and then, without thinking, gives Raya the one he got for himself.

“Thanks.” She takes it, and stares him down as he gets another for himself. “I was there for the first rendition of ‘Kiss You.’”

“Oh?” He glances at me, then back at Raya.

“Yours was much, much better than Poppy’s.” Raya’s expression remains the same.
Dallas’s smile is tentative.

“That was cool what you did.” Then, with a smile that would chill a corpse, she says, “But if you hurt her, I’ll kill you.”

And with that, she walks away.

“She secretly likes you,” I tell him.

“If that’s her version of liking someone, I’d hate to be on her bad side.”
― Courtney Walsh, My Phony Valentine

“I don't need you to protect me.'

'I know. But it's just what friends do, Rhi.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“I don't want you in harm's way.'

In a perfect world, that would be all I need to hear. 'If the others get to make a choice, then so do I.”
― Rebecca Yarros, Fourth Wing

“Do you understand what she is?' he demanded, voice so low it was barely audible. 'Do you even understand what you could've caused if anyone other than I had come upon you two?'

I stepped forward. 'Vikter-'

'I know exactly who she is,' Hawke shot back. 'Not what she is. Maybe you've forgotten that she's not just a godsdamn inanimate object whose only purpose is to serve a kingdom, but I haven't.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, From Blood and Ash

“I just don't want you to be alone in a potentially dangerous situation. If Adeena and Elena were with you, I wouldn't mind, but..."
"But what?"
"I don't know... I just thought it'd be cute. Like we're on a mission together or something." He blushed and swept his hair back with one hand so he didn't have to look at me. "We don't spend enough time together, so I thought this would be the perfect opportunity for late-night hangouts."
Oh. My. Gulay. Why was my boyfriend the absolute cutest?”
― Mia P. Manansala, Murder and Mamon

“They cannot have what they want,' Casteel snarled as his gaze shot to mine. 'Ever.'

I stilled as he held my gaze. There was a vow in his words, one that spoke volumes- one that said he knew where my thoughts had gone. 'They're here for me,' I said, holding his stare and willing him to hear what I couldn't say in front of others. 'We can't risk-'

'Yes, we can,' he cut me off, eyes burning an intense yellow. 'And, yes, I will. They cannot have you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“No one will harm you,' he vowed. 'I will not allow it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Touch her again, and I’ll put a bullet between your eyes,” Trey said in a dark voice I’d never heard him use before. 
”
― K.L. Speer, Bones

“I will protect every moment for you, and pray this world is softer to you than it ever was to me.”
― C. L. Adams, Barely Thoughts

“If anything happens to her, I will skin you.”
― Jovan Stipic, Tournament of the Lost

“Reggie shoved Richardson away from me and jumped between us. "If you bite her," he growled, his face a mask of fury. "No--- if you so much as breathe on her, I will stake you where you stand."
On some level at least, I shouldn't find Reggie's protectiveness as hot as I did. But I was too stunned and terrified by what was happening to care.”
― Jenna Levine, My Vampire Plus-One