"He's not safe, but he's good (referring to Aslan, the Lion, in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)"
— C.S. Lewis

"A ship in a harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."
— John A. Shedd

"I have found both freedom and safety in my madness; the freedom of loneliness and the safety from being understood, for those who understand us enslave something in us"
— Kahlil Gibrán (The Madman)

"…she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the meaning of life, her love had driven him to the far corners of the Earth, because he needed to be rich enough to buy some land and live in peace with her for the rest of their days. It was his utter confidence in this fragile creature, that had made him fight with honor, because he knew that after a battle he could forget all the horrors of war in her arms, and that, despite all the women he had known, only there in her arms could he close his eyes and sleep like a child."
— Paulo Coelho (Brida)

"The purpose of government is to enable the people of a nation to live in safety and happiness. Government exists for the interests of the governed, not for the governors."
— Thomas Jefferson

"There's no safety outside of God."
— Beth Nimmo

"The worst dream of the night, when you are parted from someone you love and you do not know exactly where he is, but you know that he is in the presence of danger. You are tormented by a desire to keep the one you love safe."
— Whitney Otto (How to Make an American Quilt)

"In strict medical terms marijuana is far safer than many foods we commonly consume. For example, eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response. By comparison, it is physically impossible to eat enough marijuana to induce death. Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man. By any measure of rational analysis marijuana can be safely used within the supervised routine of medical care.

[DEA Administrative Law Judge - 1988]"
— Francis Young

"Those who would give up essential liberties to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
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— Benjamin Franklin

"For now, I just want things all safe and familiar. My life may not be perfect, but it is what I have known."
— Ann M. Martin (A Corner Of The Universe)

"Stories set in the Culture in which Things Went Wrong tended to start with humans losing or forgetting or deliberately leaving behind their terminal. It was a conventional opening, the equivalent of straying off the path in the wild woods in one age, or a car breaking down at night on a lonely road in another."
— Iain M. Banks (The Player of Games)

"Risk is the increased consequence of failure."
— Michael Bane (Trail Safe: Averting Threatening Human Behavior in the Outdoors)

"Samuel, safety is my watchword. Rest assured that proper procedures will be followed at all times."
Skipper giggled. "Tell me, Mump. What ARE proper procedures exactly?"
"Simple," said Mump. "One: cause maximum chaos in the shortest possible time. Two: try not to get your head blown off."
— Steve Voake (The Web of Fire)

"It was the kind of terrified look that reminds you that no matter how rational or grown up a person might seem, some part of him is absolutely sure - knows - that an evil other-world exists just outside of our regular, everyday world. And that although we don't expect that world to collide with our calm, predictable one...well, really, at any moment that is exactly what might happen."
— Ann M. Martin (A Corner Of The Universe)

"Getting to the top is optional. Getting down is mandatory."
— Ed Viesturs (No Shortcuts to the Top: Climbing the World's 14 Highest Peaks)

"Don't worry. You're safe now. You've got nothing left to steal."
— Joan D. Vinge (Catspaw)