A. S. Byatt Quotes

Is this thing safe?" "Safe as life," Gansey replied.

Safer than we are.” I told Franny. “Safer than love.” “let me tell ya kid,” Franny said to me, squeezing my hand. “Everything’s safer than love.

Oh the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all right out, just as they are.

Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

Loving someone is such an inherently dangerous act. And yet, love, that’s where safety lives.

I would like to tell you that I am, and you will one day be, forever safe.

She didn't need to understand the meaning of life; it was enough to find someone who did, and then fall asleep in his arms and sleep as a child sleeps, knowing that someone stronger than you is protecting you from all evil and all danger

She wanted to crawl into his pocket and be safe forever.

I constantly looked for motherly protection.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

Security is when everything is settled, when nothing can happen to you; security is the denial of life.

I want someone who can trust that my big hands are going to take care of them.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

People want security in this insecure world.

We'll have nothing to fear.

No one will be harmed. You have nothing to fear. You will all be evacuated.

I'm not gonna say something unless I really feel comfortable around you. Unless I feel like I know you, I'm not gonna really open up.

Is that a yes?" he asked, pushing his fingers through my hair, fanning it out around my shoulders and searching my face intently. "Please let it be yes," he said with a gravelly edge. "Stay with me tonight. Let me hold you, even if that's all it is. Let me keep you safe.

We want to know. If we don't know, we don't feel safe, we don't feel secure.

You've a good heart. Sometimes that's enough to see you safe wherever you go. But mostly, it's not.

They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass." He carried me into our room and kicked the door shut behind us.

Hold my hand. Don't let go.

He gathers me up and I'm weightless before he sets me on the railing. He's the only thing keeping me from falling back, out of the reach of daylight. I'm not afraid of falling. I don't fear the sky beyond the train tracks like I did before. I can go anywhere just so long as it's with him.

Hold onto me baby. I'm going to take care of you." The raspy need in his voice only made me more desperate.

With Woods arms wrapped around me and the beat of his heart pressed against my chest, I knew he would hold me steady. If I ever fell, I’d have him to catch me.