Quotes from Barbara Feldon

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

I'd like to meet a lovely man who shares my interests. On the other hand, I possibly will not. It's part of the hand you're dealt. It's a challenge-and I'm not atypical.

I've always supported myself. I like the sense of knowing exactly where I stand financially, but there is a side of me that longs for a knight in shining armor.

I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.

Develop the habit of reaching in. It's a way to come home to ourselves, to be whole. Those who consistently express themselves feel homesick if, from time to time, they are unable to.

At every place and time throughout your life, take frankly what that place and time can give you, and think of its limitation as advantage rather than harm. —JOHN RUSKIN

Our living space is our closest companion, part self, part other relationships, always communicating, always reflecting our process of change.

It's better to live with a few things than with those that don't express your taste or that deliver outdated, inappropriate or even bitter memories that you should leave behind.

Creating a "cared for" environment is a way of showing yourself respect and reinforcing it daily.

It's better to be rid of them than to have to fight off unpleasant memories.

This is your space to do with as you please, a playground where you can create the game with all its rules without compromise—one of the perks of living alone.

The emotional excess of music felt more real than the muted emotion and soft demeanor I expressed in daily life. When I was this passionately engaged I didn't need anything else to "complete" me; not a man, not a career affirmation. I only had to give in to the music to live an immense life that I could experience any time I chose.

when something new sparks our interest an aperture forms in some outpost of the brain, gulps down an enzyme and sprouts a branch that can actually be measured. Imagine the orchards that are cultivated in our brains as we embrace new experiences and pursue with passion those interests that once attracted us but have been sadly mislaid along the way.

IDENTIFY THOSE THINGS THAT DEEPLY ENGROSS YOU, THAT MAKE YOU FEEL COMPLETE, THAT MAKE YOU FEEL AS THOUGH NOTHING IS MISSING

Don't be satisfied with the surface. Dig deeper; that's where the magic lies.

Be open to a wide range of new experiences. The more lines you have in the water, the greater the possibility of catching something remarkable.

It's hard to attain that "nothing-missing" feeling on a steady diet of television.

It's as if all our hearts are joined by invisible threads to that of the artist and together we form one huge heart.

Let go of the idea that someone else can make your life wonderful. Your happiness is in your own hands; that's the safest place for it.

Negative thinking never bit into me when I was working or in the company of friends, but after long hours alone I would be bombarded by doomy thoughts.

Open an IRA to shelter some of your income. This is a fine way to build a nest egg for the future.

I felt as if I were a goalie preventing the pucks of negativity from scoring.

It's not so much what we're missing—it's what we fantasize we're missing.

we defined for ourselves the meaning of life (to live intensely);