Quotes About Boundaries

But when we sit together, close,' said Bernard, 'we melt into each other with phrases. We are edged with mist. We make an unsubstantial territory.

The telephone gives us the happiness of being together yet safely apart.

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

Por desgracia, la línea divisoria entre la noticia y el chisme siempre ha sido muy delgada.

This is your home,' he said. 'You are mistress of Finchley Park, Vanessa. You may do whatever you wish.' Her smile broadened. 'Within reason,' he added hastily.

You do not know me. I have no desire either to explain or to justify myself to you.

You do not have to say anything, he said gently. I really do not have the right to make such a declaration to you.

it. And if you ever strike me, I shall hit back. If you ever use me in anger or out of a wish to punish, I shall leave you.

You cannot continue an embrace when you know your victim to be unwilling . . . There is something of the gentleman in you after all. I believe I am safe.

She resented his knowing or his discovering. She felt intruded upon. Almost violated.

She must not let him ruin the tranquility of her life again. She would not let him do so!

I wish it be understood that she will always be first in my life, before any other member of my family or hers and before all my other duties. I will not tolerate criticism of that fact even from you. I will hear none from you ever again.

At the present, she said, you are here holding my hands. Your past has nothing to do with me. Just as mine has nothing to do with you.

And....and well, I can't be kissing a man. that's a good way to get tangled up...in forever

genius may have its limits but stupidity is not thus handicapped.

Don't let anyone drive you crazy. It's right nearby anyway, and the walk will do you good.

Ho fatto cose che sembrano autodistruttive tutta la vita. Ma in realtà non avevo nessuna intenzione di distruggermi. Ho sempre saputo dov'era il limite. Fino ad ora.

Invention hovers always a little above the rules.

Don't get too close to

Space doesn't just encompass the sublime and the ridiculous. It erases the line between.

They're not going to bother me tonight. They won't denigrate my efforts, or ridicule anything that's mine, won't roll their eyes, or correct me, or cut me short and leave the room. They won't burden, or overwork me, or heap upon me responsibilities that are theirs. And, no more than they are doing, they won't intrude on my privacy, try to embarrass me or make me uncomfortable. Plus, they seem pretty far beyond hurting each other.

I think perhaps a syllable maximum should be set for some people and, I'm sorry, but rather a low one.

La vida y la muerte se habían convertido para mí en fronteras imaginarias y yo sería el primero en romperlas, solo con el fin de echar un torrente de luz en nuestro tenebroso mundo. Una nueva especie podría bendecirme como a su creador.

Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.