Quotes About Boundaries

even people who loved me could demand more of me than I could give—and expect their demands to be met simply because I owed them. I

I could accept him as my ancestor, my younger brother, my friend, but not as my master, and not as my lover. He had understood that once.

My memory of my aunt and uncle told me that even people who loved me could demand more of me than I could give—and expect their demands to be met simply because I owed them.

Hell, I think a lot of things. And I know—I know!—that no matter how many things I think of, they won't be enough. Every time I go outside, I try to imagine what it might be like to live out there without walls, and I realize I don't know anything.

even people who loved me could demand more of me than I could give-and expect their demands to be met simply because I owed them.

What does it mean if you're damned lucky to live in a cul-de-sac with a wall around it?

Crazy to live without a wall to protect you.

Back into your cage, Lilith?" Jdahya asked softly.

They pretend they're keeping everyone out, when in fact they're locked in.

anywhere. There could be no new world, John

ograniczenie umys?owe i okrucie?stwo ludzkie nie zna granic.

Ka?dy z nas siedzi okrakiem na granicy mi?dzy w?asnym ?wiatem wewn?trznym a ?wiatem zewn?trznym i niebezpiecznie balansuje. To bardzo niewygodna pozycja i niewielu udaje si? utrzyma? równowag?.

The island state is a state of remaining within one's own boundaries, undisturbed by any external influence; it resembles a kind of narcissism or even autism.

Podnios?am ko?dr? i zaprosi?am go do siebie, ale poniewa? nie jestem Czu?ostkowa ani Sentymentalna, nie b?d? si? dalej nad tym rozwodzi?.

D. zaczyna? cokolwiek widzie?, gdy siada? przed ekranem swojego komputera. Mia? wtedy przed sob? porz?dek i niesko?czon? harmoni?, prostot? dróg, które prowadz? do celu, jasno?? wyborów, ogromny potencja? my?li. Zaraz za tym do?wiadcza? spokoju, jaki bierze si? ze ?wiadomo?ci bycia wolnym. W pewnych granicach. Ale czy mo?na mówi? o jakichkolwiek granicach, kiedy tworzy si? ?wiaty?

Civilization is the process of reducing the infinite to the finite.

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies they are ready enough to tell them.

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.

If friends disappoint you over and over, that's in large part your own fault. Once someone has shown a tendency to be self-centered, you need to recognize that and take care of yourself; people aren't going to change simply because you want them to.

I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.

And after we have shown each other how we have set and kept the clear, healthy boundaries that help us live side by side with each other, let us risk remembering that we never stop silently loving those we once loved out loud.

The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.

they have become notable features of the heart of modern darkness: no givens, no rules and no limits.