Quotes About Boundaries

Claire, did I invite you to my barbeque?" Massie asked, her neck tilting to the right and her arms tightly crossed. "Huh? No. I mean, I don't know," Claire said. "Then why are you all up in my grill? " Massie said through her teeth.

Beyond the Alps lies Italy.

Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.

Some areas of life are not meant to overlap.

Some folks think life and technology and mind can keep expanding forever. Others say it can't. We are still not clear on that.

Men are men and women are women. We've tried for tens of thousands of years to lay down hard and fast lines for the sexes to walk upon, and we've failed miserably.

A secretary is not a toy.

Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave just as outrageously as the world allows.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

Hmm, that's not sexual harassment, baby. When I decide to get sexual, trust me, you'll know it. ~ Braden ~

Things are coming to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade private life.

There is the press and there is entertainment. It's only when we allow them to bleed into each other that we get into difficulty.

Social media is not toxic. Social media sites are not toxic. It might just be that you've allowed the toxic people you follow on social media to make it toxic for you. There is no rule, no law or no condition on any of these sites that says you must continue to follow or stay connected with someone you don't want to on social media. Unfollow, disconnect and block if need be and as often as you like."

And you didn't ask why she was in therapy?" "Who asks people why they go to see a psychologist? It's not right to ask such things.

You might have compassion fatigue, letting everyone dump on you all day. I bet you need a break—everyone else's trauma is getting to you. There's only so much a person can take in.

Go away," he said. "Do you know you've almost no clothes on?" "Never mind. I need—" "Never mind? Listen to me, Miss Innocence. There are many things a man can 'never mind.' A nearly naked woman isn't one of them.

Prying into others' private affairs is the preferred occupation of small minds.

Before she could finish that thought, Dare kissed her on the top of the head. "You're more fragile than you realize, Molly Alexander." He caught her chin, turning her face toward him. "Don't push yourself. I want you - that's not going to change. I can't say I won't kiss you, but how far and how fast we go is up to you.

Just because she sends you guilt doesn't mean you have to accept delivery.

Before diagnosing people with depression, make sure they're not surrounded by assholes"),

Your misery doesn't change their situation. You can't lessen their misery by carrying it for them inside you.

complaining about the way a relative would try to make me feel guilty, my father quipped, "Just because she sends you guilt doesn't mean you have to accept delivery.

Sometimes the changes you want in another person aren't on that person's agenda

succinctly summarized this sentiment: "Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously,