“For a lot of kids, the Boys and Girls Club is really a sanctuary, an oasis of sanity and safety for them because their home life is so tragic. Some of these kids have only one parent, and that one is addicted to drugs.” HomeKidsLife IsGirlParentBoysDrugSafetyClubsTragicSanitySanctuaryBoy And GirlOasisHome Life Author:Judge Reinhold
“Being tame is what we're taught: ... put the crayons back, stay in line, don't talk too loud, keep your knees together, nice girls don't... As you might know, nice girls DO, and they like to feel wild and alive. Being tame feels safe, being wild, unsafe. Yet safety is an illusion anyway. We are not in control. No matter how dry and tame and nice we live, we will die. And we will suffer along the way. Living wild is its own reward.” KnowsWayFeelsMatterMightTogetherSufferingDiesGirlLinesNiceAliveTaughtSafeIllusionSafetyRewardsLoudKneesDryUnsafeCrayonNice Girl Author:Sark
“It may be annoying, but the rash of hijackings by Connecticut WASP girls surely explains the time-consuming - but still somehow completely useless - examination of my personal effects. We all have to make sacrifices for airline safety.” MayStillsGirlSacrificeEffectsSafetyUselessAnnoyingExaminationConsumingAirlineTime ConsumingConnecticutWaspsHijacking Author:Ann Coulter
“As a child, I had a lot of older gay men taking care of me. There's a trust there. I feel like little girls and old gay men together - there's a safety. They make a shield from all of the bad things they've experienced in the world. They make a home together. There are no songs about that. I don't know if you remember, but there was a show a long time ago called 'Love, Sidney.'” IfsKnowsMenWorldFeelsChildrenLittlesLongShowsHomeCareTogetherRememberSongGirlGayLong TimeSafetyBad ThingsLong Time AgoShieldsGay MenTake Care Of Me Author:Margaret Cho
“I used singing as a safety measure. I would pay attention to what songs the popular girls liked, learn those songs from the radio or library cassettes, and then "accidentally" sing or hum these songs in class. This would impress the girls, who would then defend me from the boys.” UsedSongGirlPayAttentionClassBoysSingingSafetyLibraryRadioPay AttentionImpressCassettesPopular Girl Author:Vivek Shraya
“He would not let her go. Even though, staring into her open eyes in the swirling salt-filled water, with sun flashing though each wave, he thought he would like this moment to be forever: the dark-haired woman on shore calling for their safety, the girl who had once jumped rope like a queen, now holding him with a fierceness that matched the power of the ocean—oh, insane, ludicrous, unknowable world! Look how she wanted to live, look how she wanted to hold on.” WorldLooksMomentsEyeWantedGirlWaterDarkSunForeverCallingOceanSafetyFilledWaveInsaneStaringQueensShoreSaltRopeMatchedOpen EyesFiercenessLet Her Go Book:Olive Kitteridge: Fiction Source: Olive Kitteridge: Fiction
“It's how they've stayed popular for so long. By not doing anything that will make them look like fools. They never leave home without their safety nets and I think, good for them, but the thing with safety nets is this. I got tangled in them so many times and the Stella girls always seemed to leave me dangling, upside down, to the point where I almost couldn't breathe anymore.” ThinkingLooksLongHomeGirlFoolSafetyBreatheLeaving MeUpside DownTangledSafety NetStella Author:Melina Marchetta
“As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.” PeopleMenGovernmentHappensActionYoungGirlVoiceLeaderRaisesSafetyActiveLocalsLocal Government Author:Michelle Bachelet
“By including women in decision-making, city governments will be in a better position to fulfill their responsibility to ensure the safety of their residents, especially women and girls.” GovernmentGirlDecisionCitiesResponsibilityPositionSafetyIncludingDecision MakingResidentsCity Government Author:Michelle Bachelet
“You’re thinking, maybe it would be easier to let it slip let it go say ”I give up” one last time and give him a sad smile. You’re thinking it shouldn’t be this hard, shouldn’t be this dark, thinking love could flow easily with no holding back and you’ve seen others find their match and build something great together, of each other, like two halves fitting perfectly and now they achieve great things one by one, always together, and it seems grand. But you love him. Love him like a black stone in your chest you couldn’t live without because it fits in there. Makes you who you are and the thought of him gone—no more—makes your chest tighten up and maybe this is your fairytale. Maybe this is your castle. You could get it all on a shiny piece of glass with wooden stools and a neverending blooming garden but that’s not yours. This is yours. The cracks and the faults, the ugly words in the winter walking home alone and angry but falling asleep thinking you love him. This is your fairy tale. The quiet in the hallway, wishing for him to turn around, tell you to stay, tell you to please don’t go I need you like you need me and maybe it’s not a Jane Austen novel but this is your novel and your castle and you can run from it your whole life but this is here in front of you. Maybe nurture it? Sweet girl, maybe close the world off and look at him for an hour or two. This is your fairy. It ain’t perfect and it ain’t honey sweet with roses on the bed. It’s real and raw and ugly at times. But this is your love. Don’t throw it away searching for someone else’s love. Don’t be greedy. Instead, shelter it. Protect it. Capture every second of easy, pull through every storm of hardship. And when you can, look at him, lying next to you, trusting you not to harm him. Trusting you not to go. Be someone’s someone for someone. Be that someone for him. That’s your fairy tale. This is your castle. Now move in. Build a home. Build a house. Build a safety around things you love. It’s yours if you make it so. Welcome home, sweet girl, it will be all be fine.” LoveTwoRomanceYoungGirlNovelSadnessTrustHeartbreakGardenSafetyTrue LoveWinterHeartacheFairyHardshipLove QuoteFairy TaleFinding LoveLove PoemLove PoetryYoung LoveRosesJane AustenHerStayLooking For LoveHimTrustingCastleYou And IWelcome HomeFinding HomeDon T GoYour Castle Author:Charlotte Eriksson