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"Our society is so fragmented, our family lives so sundered by physical and emotional distance, our friendships so sporadic, our intimacies so 'in-between' things and often so utilitarian, that there are few places where we can feel truly safe."
"Ah, this is obviously some strange usage of the word 'safe' that I wasn't previously aware of."
"All is well. Everything is working out for my highest good. Out of this situation only good will come. I am safe!"
"I realized that very young - that a life where you don't live to your full potential, or you don't experiment, or you're afraid, or you hesitate, or there are things you know you should do but you just don't get around to them, is a life that I'd be miserable living, and the only way to feel that I'm on the right path is just to be true to myself, whatever that may be, and that tends to come with stepping out of something that's maybe safe or traditional."
"Do not follow any road, but that which Christ trod. This road seems hard, but it is safe."
"I never can understand how anyone can not smoke it deprives a man of the best part of life. With a good cigar in his mouth a man is perfectly safe, nothing can touch him, literally."
"The generality of virtuous women are like hidden treasures, they are safe only because nobody has sought after them."
"Cowardice asks the question, is it safe?"
"The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy."
"Safe is good for sidewalks and swimming pools, but life requires risk if we are to get anywhere."
"No one is safe from Mattera’s hard-hitting, meticulously reported, and genuinely funny investigative journalism. CRAPITALISM blows the lid off crony capitalism."
"...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the devil cannot see him."
"But our idea is that the wolves should be fed and the sheep kept safe."
"It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull."
"What shall we do with...the Jews?...I advise that safe-conduct on the highways be abolished completely for the Jews."
"Wherever people feel safe — they will be indifferent."
"It is neither safe nor prudent to do anything against conscience."
"Be the best, but get ready to be attacked. Only mediocrity is safe."
"Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe."
"Letting go of control, that's actually when you're safe."
