Quotes About Boundaries

Damn him. How could she ever respect him if he didn't even let her respect herself? A man that broke down her defenses with touch- with pleasure- well, that was just wrong.

You cannot do everything at once, so find people you trust to help you. And don't be afraid to say no.

I don't want to spend my time rescuing you from awkward situations.

If she wanted him to stop, she'd have to say so soon because she was driving him up so fast he felt like a comet flaming in the heat of her atmosphere.

Instead of boiling up individuals into the species, I would draw a chalk circle round every individuality, and preach to it to keep within that, and preserve and cultivate its identity.

Get out of my room. It's late, and I'm not dressed for company." She knew she should put on her robe, but she didn't move. "I'm not company, and you're wearing more tonight than the last time I saw you. We need to talk, Callie." -Calinda & Lynx

So you let a stranger touch you and you're not going to let me. --Tommy to Jessica

If you come home with your panties still on, I am never speaking to you again.

Nothing's going to happen between us until you're ready for it to happen." She stared at him, stil clutching her stick in a death grip, then finally nodded and silently walked to her car. She let Toby in the backseat, then opened the passenger door and slid the tip of her stick on the floor to lean it against the console. "Jess," Ian said quietly. She turned, still not saying anything. "Just so long as you know that it is going to happen.

Exist? o limit? pân? la care un om poate oferi, f?r? s? primeasc? niciodat?, nimic în schimb.

There are two sides of the Velvet Rope. Those who want to be on the other side and those who are on the other side.

Let's (first single quote is backwards) just be friends' usually works." Roark

FLIGHT OF FOLLY. WOMAN TRAPPED IN CAGE OF OPEN DOORS.

Some cases aren't yours to solve.

Never let a man know he has the upper hand in your relationship. At least not in the beginning. Never be the first one to say I love you, and until he makes a formal attempt at a commitment, always act like he is just one of the many guys you deal with.

In life, we must accept who is asking and accept who is not.

Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.

All those reports that I sleep in my closet. I don't know how people get that. People are so obsessed with what you do at home.

It's true, I can't make you love me. But I can refuse to let you out of your cage.

This morning my girlfriend was so loud in bed that we woke up the neighbors. So I told them to roll over and go back to sleep.

Living with a high level of emotional reactivity is hell. It's no fun for you and no fun for people around you. You feel sensitive about everything and feel like life never lets you rest. Being reactive is essentially feeling chronically overwhelmed.

Your capacity to stay present will increase as you (1) practice grounding, (2) defuse traumatic triggers and learn to self-regulate, (3) learn to recognize dissociation right away and how to come out of it, (4) develop more sense of safety, reinforced by good boundaries, and (5) cultivate witness consciousness, the capacity to notice your thoughts and feelings without being caught inside them.

It is not easy to give of yourself if you still have many unmet needs.

The more you have a sense that you can and will take care of your needs, the less you need these kinds of defensive ways of maintaining boundaries.