Quotes About Dependence

Specialization is undeniably a powerful social and economic force. And yet it is also debilitating. It breeds helplessness, dependence, and ignorance and, eventually, it undermines any sense of responsibility. Our

Two is one; one is none.

we can't keep it going if too much of what we need is taken away from us.

Rare earth elements are crucial for the electronics industry but are mostly found in China. (Rare earths are located everywhere in small quantities, but the Chinese rare earth industry makes up 97 percent of the world trade.

had the social instinct of a woman—that of being dependent upon a man. You were afraid

como una especie de droga; te exalta, pero a su vez crea una fuerte dependencia, por lo que es posible convertirse en un gran adicto a él. Y

All things considered, Lizzie Hexam was crazy as a bedbug. But what she had with Tom--which I don't pretend to understand--she became a part of what was keeping him moving. Part of the point of it all. Like he needed a compass through ll the crazy shit. And he chose her.

Oh, matalah yang paling utama. Kau bisa mengetahui segalanya—orang yang jiwanya sekering debu, orang yang tak akan pernah menggajul tulang rusukmu, dan orang yang takut pada semuanya. Yang disebut terakhir itu, para penjilat, merekalah yang kadang-kadang mesti digigit pergelangan kakinya.

She began to teeter as she walked, fell almost daily, bumped into things or, at the very least, dropped objects. She was in the grip of an insuperable longing to fall. She lived in a constant state of vertigo. 'Pick me up,' is the message of a person who keeps falling.

Then there is the third category, the category of people who need to be constantly before the eyes of the person they love. Their situation is a dangerous as the situation in the first category. One day the eyes of their beloved will close, and the room will go dark.

Lucie had been many things to me: a child, a source of comfort, a balm, an escape from myself; she was literaly everything for me but a woman.

Too much faith is the worst ally

How could someone who had so little respect for people be so dependent on what they thought of him?

I've always had the sense that my life is run by other people. Except for a few years after Martin died. Those were the toughest years, I was alone with my children, I had to cope by myself. Complete poverty. You won't believe this, but nowadays when I look back, those are my happiest years.

Dua orang yang saling cinta, sendirian, terpisahkan dari dunia, itu indah sekali. Tapi dengan apa mereka akan mengumpani percakapan intim mereka? Seberapa memuakkannya pun dunia, itu tetap mereka butuhkan supaya bisa ngobrol berduaan.

I see you are already as timid as a slave: you might as well be in love.

I don't know what will happen to me without you. Only you. Only you love me. Out of everyone in the world.

When we imply that our works are for God and not our neighbor, we perpetuate the idea that God's love for us is dependent on what we do instead of on what Christ has done.

That god forbid, that made me first your slave, I should in thought control your times of pleasure, Or at your hand th' account of hours to crave, Being your vassal bound to stay your leisure.

But how can he expect that others should Build for him, sow for him, and at his call Love him, who for himself will take no heed at all?

But then she hadn't just learned to love this summer – she had also learned how to need.

I don't need a great deal of love but I do need a steady supply.

Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home, the delicious retirement of dependent love.

Married couples who quarrel bitterly every day may really need each other as deeply as those who appear to be desperately in love.