Quotes About Boundaries

If we throw a crystal to the floor, it breaks; but not into hap-hazard pieces. It comes apart along its lines of cleavage into fragments whose boundaries, thought they were invisible, were predetermined by the crystal's structure. Mental paitents are split and broken structures of this same kind.... They have turned away from external reality, but for that very reason they know more about internal, physical reality...

Friendship is an art of keeping distance while love is an art of intimacy...

If we could talk to animals, goes the song. Meaning, if they could talk to us. But of course that would ruin everything.

Your whole house smells of dog, says someone who comes to visit. I say I'll take care of it. Which I do by never inviting that person to visit again. • • •

El amor no crea regla alguna, las rompe todas Sigrid Undset

Anyone who complains about invasion of privacy shouldn't work in the entertainment business. You can't have it both ways. It's as simple as that.

If there is such a person on the planet, then he or she—this self-appointed arbiter of "appropriateness"—deserves to be confronted with as many "inappropriate" transgressions as possible.

Das schimmste aber, wenn man ein Gefängnis aus unsichtbaren Mauern bewohnt, ist, dass man sich der Schranken nicht bewusst wird, die den Horizont versperren.

To avoid this "psychic contamination," stay focused and committed to your own priorities and goals. The more defined your aims are, the more likely you will avoid the riffraff and not wander into energy that doesn't belong to you, serve you, or possibly derail you. The stronger your intentions and priorities, the better your intuitive GPS, as well as your energetic boundaries, will become, and the more insulated you'll be from any unwanted influences.

Those among us who have wide-open intuitive channels but no filters to decide what gets in and what gets out can become highly saturated with energy we don't want to experience.

Learning to detach is a difficult skill for those of us who are naturally empathic. In picking up vibes, we tend to pick up everything, and it takes serious focus to avoid doing so.

If you are in the habit of absorbing someone else's energy, pay closer attention to your vibes and then ask yourself if they are, in fact, your vibes. The depression or anxiety you're feeling may not really be your own; it may be the result of absorbing too much of what's around you.

If it's in the bin, it's public property.

We don't have to reveal everything to each other. It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that.

Mummy always told me, you should never let a man see your feelings or the contents of your handbag.

Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble.

Have you ever thought about the grid of Manhattan?' It's like...a metaphor for life. You think you have the freedom to walk anywhere. But in fact... you are strictly controlled. Up or down. Left or right. Nothing in between. No other options.' Life should be like an open space...you should be able to walk in whatever direction you choose.

Oh, this shouldn't be allowed. There should be a rule which says that people you've met in the gym should never meet you in real life.

This is what's so annoying about going out with Luke. You can't get away with anything.

Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.

I think you need to start thinking less about what you owe other people and more about what you owe yourself.

It was about how you have to be strong to break free from abuse and not constantly measure yourself against toxic people but stand strong and distinct like a healthy tree. Not some stunted, falling-over, co-dependent victim tree. Or whatever.

It's OK to be private. It's OK to say no. It's OK to say, 'I'm not going to share that'.

Some things are private. I mean, we're grown-ups now. You don't share everything.