"Thanks for this day, for all birds safe in their nests, for whatever this is, for life."
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"Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world."
"Safe?” said Mr. Beaver; “don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you."
"He loved books; books are cold but safe friends."
"When you are in the presence of unconditional love, that is the optimum environment for your heart to open, because you feel safe, because you realize nobody wants anything from you. The minute that heart opens, you are once again letting in the flow. And that flow is where you experience God."
"The coward only threatens when he is safe."
"I don't want expensive gifts; I don't want to be bought. I have everything I want. I just want someone to be there for me, to make me feel safe and secure."
"She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever."
"U.S. leaders should think that if they are aiding terrorist plans to eliminate Cuban leaders, they themselves will not be safe."
"No one is safe from slander. The best way is to pay no attention to it, but live in innocence and let the world talk."
"Fear isn’t only a guide to keep us safe; it’s also a manipulative emotion that can trick us into living a boring life … the great stories go to those who don’t give in to fear."
"I think in high school there's so many cliques. You're never safe."
"If we stay where we are, where we're stuck, where we're comfortable and safe, we die there... When nothing new can get in, that's death."
"The only safe investment one can make in life is what is given away."
"Other paths would include making nuclear fission cheap enough and safe enough that people broadly embrace it, so that could be scaled up."
"Unbelief is safe, because it takes no risk and almost always gets what it expects."
"You should feel beautiful and you should feel safe. What you surround yourself with should bring you peace of mind and peace of spirit."
"I was accustomed to walking alone. I'd find other people who agreed with me, but they also said, "I wouldn't dare mention it." I was the only one who would say, "We've got to stand." And they said, "Well, yes. And after you make it safe, then I'll stand, too. But you have to make it safe.""
"You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not."
"As soon as we think we are safe, something unexpected happens."