Shields Quotes

“Sleeplessness kept claiming her nights, and she used books as shields against the onslaught of her abstract terrors.”
― Hernan Diaz, Trust

“The softest hearts always have the toughest shields.”
― Claire Cross, Double Trouble

“We are the shield that guards the realms of men. You do not throw away your shield for no good purpose.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Storm of Swords

“Dr. Richard Selzer is a surgeon and a favorite author of mine. He writes the most beautiful and compassionate descriptions of his patients and the human dramas they confront. In his book Letters to a Young Doctor, he said that most young people seem to be protected for a time by an imaginary membrane that shields them from horror. They walk in it every day but are hardly aware of its presence. As the immune system protects the human body from the unseen threat of harmful bacteria, so this mythical membrane guards them from life-threatening situations. Not every young person has this protection, of course, because children do die of cancer, congenital heart problems, and other disorders. But most of them are shielded—and don’t realize it. Then, as years roll by, one day it happens. Without warning, the membrane tears, and horror seeps into a person’s life or into the life of a loved one. It is at this moment that an unexpected theological crisis presents itself.”
― James C. Dobson, Life on the Edge: The Next Generation's Guide to a Meaningful Future

“After a time some of the hedge knights and men-at-arms amongst his rabble began to paint images of the “Cock o’ the Moon” on their shields, and a brisk trade grew up in clubs, pendants, and staffs carved to resemble Moon’s member.”
― George R.R. Martin, Fire & Blood

“Sometimes no castle, no shield, no weapon can protect you against your enemy! In such cases, the only thing to do is to compromise with the enemy! This is not a weakness or defeat; on the contrary, it is to gather strength to defeat the enemy!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“You didn’t put up a protective shield?”

“The shields I found on the Internet involved human sacrifice and down payment of my firstborn, so no, I didn’t put a shield around my house.”
― A. Kirk, Demons at Deadnight