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“I promise to always turn back toward you.”
― Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
― Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures
“She realizes with sadness that it was on this day, not the day of her first period, that she left her childhood behind. That was the day she stopped being afraid of skeletons and old stories about phantom hands, and started being afraid of men.”
― The Librarian of Auschwitz
― The Librarian of Auschwitz
“At work, as in the rest of life, it isn't realistic to try to get your needs met through waiting for situations to improve magically. Bouncing from one unhealthy circumstance to the next won't help either. You can't outrun your inability to set boundaries.”
― Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
― Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
“And who among us is not neurotic, and has never complained that they are not understood? Why did you come here, to this place, if not in the hope of being understood, of being in some small way comprehended by your peers, and embraced by them in a fellowship of shared secrets? I don't know about you, but I just want to be held.”
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
― Madness, Rack, and Honey: Collected Lectures
“After thirty, people often experience internal shifts in how they approach friendships. Self-discovery gives way to self-knowledge, so you become pickier about the people you surround yourself with, according to Marla Paul, author of the book The Friendship Crisis: Finding, Making, and Keeping Friends When You're Not a Kid Anymore. 'The bar is higher than when we were younger and were willing to meet almost anyone for a margarita,' she says.
We tend to overthink the interactions more. 'Will they like me?' or 'Did I say the right thing?'
When we maintain a friendship for ten years or more, we become accustomed to specific roles in the relationship. Therefore, shifting our boundaries seems like a betrayal of the relationship. But people change all the time. As we grow in friendships, other areas of our lives likely grow as well.”
― Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
We tend to overthink the interactions more. 'Will they like me?' or 'Did I say the right thing?'
When we maintain a friendship for ten years or more, we become accustomed to specific roles in the relationship. Therefore, shifting our boundaries seems like a betrayal of the relationship. But people change all the time. As we grow in friendships, other areas of our lives likely grow as well.”
― Set Boundaries, Find Peace: A Guide to Reclaiming Yourself
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