Coddle Quotes

“Why does Yahweh strengthen us instead of removing our problem? He prefers that we grow in valor, rather than coddle us into weakness.
Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: a woman’s guide to husband material, pg 39”
― Michael Ben Zehabe, Ruth: A Woman's Guide to Husband Material

“And will I still be bound by this bargain at Nynsar, too?'

Silence.

I pushed. 'After- after what happened-' I couldn't mention specifics on what had occurred Under the Mountain, what he'd done for me during the fight with Amarantha, what he'd done after- 'I think we can agree that I owe you nothing, and you owe me nothing.'

His gaze was unflinching.

I blazed on. 'Isn't it enough that we're all free?' I splayed my tattooed hand on the table. 'By the end, I thought you were different, thought that it was all a mask, but taking me away, keeping me here...' I shook my head, unable to find the words vicious, clever enough to convince him to end this bargain.

His eyes darkened. 'I'm not your enemy, Feyre.'

'Tamlin says you are.' I curled the fingers of my tattooed hand into a fist. 'Everyone else says you are.'

'And what do you think?' He leaned back in his chair again, but his face was grave.

'You're doing a damned good job of making me agree with them.'

'Liar,' he purred. 'Did you even tell your friends about what I did to you Under the Mountain?'

So that comment at breakfast had gotten under his skin. 'I don't want to talk about anything related to that. With you or them.'

'No, because it's much easier to pretend it never happened and let them coddle you.'

'I don't let them coddle me-'

'They had you wrapped up like a present yesterday. Like you were his reward.'

'So?'

'So?' A flicker of rage, then it was gone.

'I'm ready to be taken home,' I merely said.

'Where you'll be cloistered for the rest of your life, especially once you start punching our heirs. I can't wait to see what Ianthe does when she gets her hands on them.'

'You don't seem to have a particularly high opinion of her.'

Something cold and predatory crept into his eyes. 'No, I can't say that I do.”
― Sarah J. Maas, A Court of Mist and Fury