Quotes About Boundaries

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Ernest once told me that the word paradise was a Persian words that meant walled garden. I knew then that he understood how necessary the promises we made to each other were to our happiness. You couldn't have real freedom unless you knew were the walls were and tended to them. We could lean on the walls because they existed; they existed because we leaned on them.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

I've let you run too wild and you know it," my father said when I went to him, asking to be left alone.

You're trampling my pasture." I

We can only go the limits of ourselves-I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone." "She may have to sell the

I wasn't sure how I could say no." "No is the easiest word there is. Children learn to talk by saying no.

We can only go to the limits of ourselves—I've learned that if nothing else. Anything more and we give too much away. Then we're not good for anyone.

adult's role is to "teach children limits with love or the world will teach them without it.

the adult's role is to "teach children limits with love or the world will teach them without it.

Never set limits, go after your dreams, don't be afraid to push the boundaries. And laugh a lot - it's good for you!

The strength to say "No" is required in order to love well.

Really, it's not people who don't understand us who drive us nuts—it's when those who shouldn't, do .

Like" as a friend. "Like" as respect. There are so many different kinds of "likes." So when does "like" turn into "love"? Where's the boundary?

Don't touch me without my permission. Mr. Little Boy

Aimer quelqu'un ne veut pas forcément dire l'aimer d'amour. Tu aimes tes amis comme des amis… mais aimer d'amour, c'est autre chose. Tu sais, il y a beaucoup de manières d'aimer. Parfois, l'amitié peut évoluer en amour parce que la frontière entre les deux est très floue.

Boundaries aren't all bad. That's why there are walls around mental institutions.

Effective discipline is based on loving guidance. It is based on the belief that children are born innately good and that our role as parents is to nurture their spirits as they learn about limits and boundaries, rather than to curb their tendencies toward wrongdoing. Effective discipline presumes that children have reasons for their behavior and that cooperation can be engaged to solve shared problems.

I think it is so far outside his area of expertise, he can't really interfere. - I don't think that ever stopped anyone interfering in anything.

I wonder what goes through his mind when he sees us peeing in his water bowl.

the difference between talking and not talking is slowly wiped out, that the unending, inner conversation we carry on with ourselves merges with the one we have with the few people we still see, and when you live alone for too long the line which divides the one from the other becomes vague, and you do not notice when you cross that line. Is

To extend oneself does not necessarily mean to have an erection.

It is both possible and necessary that we work with wolves without joining the pack.