Quotes About Balance

A small parish is a fragile ecology.

May our sleep be deep and soft,' " he whispered, " 'so our work be fresh and hard.

You and I, on the other hand, are the perfect size for each other. As we're very nearly the same height, we're just like a pair of bookends.

too tired to run and too afraid to rest.

Sorrow and joy, he thought, so inextricably entwined that he could scarcely tell where one left off and the other began.

T]he mechanics of life should never be allowed to interfere with living.

Left wing...Right wing...it's so limited; why doesn't it ever occur to any of them that what one is really longing for is the wishbone?

She saw every relationship as a pair of intersecting circles. The more they intersected, it would seem at first glance, the better the relationship; but this is not so. Beyond a certain point the law of diminishing returns sets in, and there aren't enough private resources left on either side to enrich the life that is shared. Probably perfection is reached when the area of the two outer crescents, added together, is exactly equal to that of the leaf-shaped piece in the middle.

because what goes up must come down

Life has a way of taking the joy out of living if you let it," Adelaide said. "I've seen so many couples just like you two get beaten down by responsibility and tragedy. And unfortunately, it's usually only one of them that keeps it all together. Then the one who got off easy complains about the lack of attention while the one who's been juggling all the balls resents having no help.

the universe keeps things balanced by placing those with the abilities to right wrongs in the path of evil. And no matter where you're standing, that path is going to run right through you.

The cruel paradox of weekends with kids can be boiled down to this: Parents want to relax. Kids do not.

Mothers have to do a poo in four parts because a child will cry, and then they try and finish off but the child needs them again!

My husband works all week, so on weekends, he tells me he doesn't want to "deal with" our sons. I'm amazed that he doesn't notice that I'm basically radiating hatred all the time.

Finally, the simplest, easiest Everybody Sort of Wins: Tom now sleeps in on Saturdays, and I sleep in on Sundays. Everybody sort of nearly wins! For the most part!

In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided among the sexes.

I had a daughter who was 9 years old and I had the feeling I wasn't going to be a real parent if I didn't quit making movies for a while and spend time with her. I also felt that I'd made enough movies and said what I had to say at the time.

A man has every season while a woman only has the right to spring.

The challenge is not to be perfect…it's to be whole

each side of the saddle, all in wickerwork but

Lasting change is a series of compromises. And compromise is all right, as long your values don't change.

I think relationships are very difficult. It's very easy to get swept away with excitement, glamour, and passion. I think the trick is to look for friendship rather than passion.

There is no creation without destruction. There is no light without dark. That's what my nuns didn't understand. It isn't a competition. Good and evil are all part of the same thing.

There were moments, I could now see, when it was understandable to completely go off your rocker. The easiest and most reasonable and maybe proper thing to do in the world, to lose hold of yourself.