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"When teaching someone a boundary, they learn less from the enforcement of the boundary, and more from the way the boundary is established."
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"I'm putting a temporary hold on the 'stay away from me' thing,' she said. "just for a minute while I yell at you, and then we're definitely going right back to it."
"Sorry, one night stands don't stack up as credentials for tending bar."
"It is very possible to acknowledge another person's concerns without entering into their vibration."
"The truth is, we tend to train people how we want to be treated. If others know you have wishy-washy boundaries then they are free to walk all over you; the results you become a doormat. We have actually trained others to do this when we will allow people to wipe their muddy feet on us. After all, we are doormats."
"We violated each other's boundaries with verbal missiles of anger disguised in the pretense of 'just kidding."
"He will not let you come barging in to his world like the proverbial bull in the china shop."
"All I could think as he was speaking was that, if he touched me at all, all the miles I'd walked, the pain I'd felt, the beauty I'd drunken like milk, like good wine making me happy, the four million steps I'd taken, would all add up to nothing. They'd be stolen. They'd vanish like the teeth children lose when they get hit. Only after the blood was washed away would I see that they were gone."
"When she removed my hand from her chest for the one hundred thousandth time. Attack and defense, invasion and repulsion... it was as if breasts were little pieces of property that had been unlawfully annexed by the opposite sex - they were rightfully ours and we wanted them back."
"He was not my boyfriend. On the other hand, he wasn't just a friend either. Instead, our relationship was elastic, stretching between those two extremes depending on who else was around, how much either of us had to drink, and other varying factors. This was exactly what I wanted, as commitments had never really been my thing. And it wasn't like it was hard, either. The only trick was never giving more than you were willing to lose."
"I will feel no guilt on shutting my door to those who didn't listen."
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"The incredibly powerful and enriching lifestyle of seeking beauty is a humble service of love and healing."
"Every soul is beautiful and precious; is worthy of dignity and respect, and deserving of peace, joy and love."
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