Quotes About Boundaries

Ringrock is not a prison.

Coming even fifty miles to force a probe up my butt without my permission is a pretty good definition of a pervert.

No doubt about it this time—trespassers have violated her property.

Through our maps, we willingly become a part of their boundaries. If our home is included, we feel pride, perhaps familiarity, but always a sense that this is ours . If it is not, we accept our roles as outsiders, though we may be of the same mind and culture. In this way, maps can be dangerous and powerful tools.

If you don't take care of yourself, no one else will.

She is able to draw the line between who she is and who she is not on every level, so she is able to discriminate without ambivalence—whether it's about a skirt or a man that simply isn't right for her life. It also makes it easy for her to ignore the pressure to be all things to all people, and to appreciate the company of herself—with a book, a glass of wine

If Morrow worked with herself she'd try and sit a few desks away.

The only happy people I know are people I don't know well.

Similarly, forcing your beliefs onto someone else damages your relationship. The damage may not be easy to spot at first, like tiny cracks in a wooden wheel, but it's just a matter of time before the wheel splits apart.

One should never love anyone so greatly that you allow them to take control of your destiny

I can stand a lot! But just because I can, does that mean I must? Do I have to bear everyone's weakness? Can I not have my own?

It's only when ye ken ye can say no that it takes courage.

Because, Sassenach," he said, very dryly indeed, "when ye're a man, a good bit of what ye have to do is to draw up lines and fight other folk who come over them. Your enemies, your tenants, your children—your wife. Ye canna always just strike them or take a strap to them, but when ye can, at least it's clear to everyone who's in charge.

We have nothing now between us, save – respect, perhaps. And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.

But you are not God, and there are limits to what you can expect of yourself.

Ci sono cose che io non posso dire a te, almeno non ancora. E non insisterò affinché tu mi riveli i tuoi segreti. Però ti chiedo questo: quando mi dici qualcosa, fa che sia la verità. E io ti prometto di fare lo stesso. Tra noi per ora non c'è nulla, tranne...il rispetto, forse. E penso che nel rispetto possa esserci spazio per i segreti, ma non per le bugie. Sei d'accordo?

Though I could wish your own limits went a bit further.

And I think that respect has maybe room for secrets, but not for lies.

Even in the open air, it seemed, freedom had definite limits.

There is nothing between us now but respect, and respect has room for secrets, I think—but not for lies.

I would never assume to tell another actor how to do his job!

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

It's unique living in a situation where your house is open to the public and you are part of the attraction - or at least that's what it feels like.

'Amy' is somewhere in the middle of authorized and unauthorized.