Quotes About Boundaries

Sometimes, a good heart lets a bad guest come for a visit.

in a world where vast geographical spaces could suddenly shrink to the dimensions of a coffin

There is a real vulgarity in the way women dress at the moment. They show off too much and try too hard. They don't understand where the line is between sexy and vulgar. I know where that line is.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

The truly haunting Other is not what lies outside the text but what lies outside the picturesque garden of the Western world.

I loved that man as I have loved no one else. I do not say I loved him more than I love your mother. But that the way I loved him was different. But if you have heard there was anything improper in our bond, there was not. That was not what we were to one another. What we had went beyond that.

Fitz: How bad is it? Nighteyes: Mind your own business. Fitz: You ARE my business. Nighteyes: Sharing pain doesn't loosen it. Fitz: I'm not sure about THAT.

If all of her was not enough for him, then let him have none of her and seek what he needed elsewhere.

It's not the sort of thing one asks of a friend. He hasn't offered, and I will not ask it. I will not tear him that way. I am trying to let go. I don't know how.

Not every problem in the world belongs to you.

She knew, with vast certainty, that she would never desire to be kissed by a man who had first asked her permission.

It is difficult to insult the man you don't speak to.

Not every problem in the world belongs to you alone, Badgerlock. Let others have their share.

I had learned, yet again, that I could not serve the Farseers and still claim a life for myself. Not this again, Changer. How could the moments of your life belong to anyone but you? You are the Farseers, blood and pack. See the whole of it. It is neither a binding nor a separation. The pack is the whole of you. The wolf's life is in the pack.

Even if you do only a little damage, they will learn that touching you has a price. Some will not be willing to pay it. I

Not every problem in the world belongs to you, Tom Badgerlock. Let others have their share.

A man has to set limits on his magic and on himself. Setting limits is part of being a man.

I wanted us to share all our lives. You wish to keep me in a box, separate from your life. I cannot be someone you come to when you have nothing more important to do.

you map the land and draw lines across it, claiming ownership simply because you can draw a picture of it. The plants that grow and the beasts that rove, you mark as your own, claiming not only what lives today, but what might grow tomorrow, to do with as you please. Then, in your conceit and aggression, you wage wars and slay one another over the lines you have imagined on the world's face.

I supposed there was something about me that made all elderly folk assume my time was at their disposal.

I always thought I just wanted to be loved and the reality is I chose only people who weren't capable of loving me.

Pero cuando usted trata de solucionarle sus problemas, él queda liberado de su propia responsabilidad por su propia vida. Entonces usted queda a cargo del bienestar de él, y cuando sus esfuerzos fallan, él la culpará a usted.

What happens to nationalism, to political boundaries, when allegiance lies with winds and waters that know no boundaries, that cannot be bought or sold?

I love my country too, and its hopes for freedom and justice. But the boundaries of what I honor are bigger than the republic. Let us pledge reciprocity with the living world.