Quotes from Jo Coudert

Men fear being used; women fear being used up.

You do not need to be loved, not at the cost of yourself. The single relationship that is truly central and crucial in a life is the relationship to the self.

Every life is a dilemma that must be solved by the person living it.

To the question of your life, you are the only answer. To the problems of your life, you are the only solution.

The more deeply the path is etched, the more it is used, and the more it is used, the more deeply it etched.

Of all the people you will know in a lifetime, you are the only one you will never leave or lose. To the question of your life, You are the only answer. To the problems of your life, You are the only solution.

If life is envisioned as a continuously running motion picture, the keeping of a notebook stops the action and allows a meaningful scene to be explored frame by frame.

cookbooks, I found, are intended for people with time to cook - and, surprisingly often, for people who already know how to cook.

While it is necessary to eat and therefore it is pleasantest to eat food that looks handsome and tastes good, on the other hand there are things I would far rather do than spend time in a kitchen.

Affection may be abiding and love may be abiding, but the state of being in love is transitory.

Self-affirmation cannot be found in love; it is a prior condition of genuine love.

It is one of those quirks of human nature that you love the person whom you treat well, not necessarily the person who treats you well.

The divorced person is like a man with a black patch over one eye: He looks rather dashing but the fact is that he has been through a maiming experience.

There is no way of steering successfully between a failed situation and a failed self except by stopping and taking our bearings.

Most people ask of their friends that they understand them, but, on balance, I think I prefer a friend who understands himself.

In order to plan your future wisely, it is necessary that you understand and appreciate your past.