Amy Dickinson Quotes
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If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).
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One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.
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I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.
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Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.
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When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.
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Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.
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One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.
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Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.
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I think that, on some level, everybody lives vicariously through couples who are getting married.
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One downside of being an optimist is that optimistic people tend to forget yesterday's trauma in the belief that everything will turn out well. This can keep people in bad relationships because they genuinely believe that things will always improve.
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Sometimes toxic people are so resistant to change that therapy does not really help them - but they send everybody else into therapy to find ways to cope.
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"Don't be stupid!" is excellent advice.
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When you are wondering whether to say something negative about someone - even if it is true - the best rule to follow is, "I'll think about doing this tomorrow."
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There is true freedom in letting go.
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Mature people must find their own ways to cope with their own temptations.
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The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.
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Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.
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You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.
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Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
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Perspective is the enemy of long-lost love.
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When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.
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Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
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You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.
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This is a tough situation. But it is what it is, and time has an amazing way of knitting together solutions as long as everybody stays calm and resolves to be as gentle and patient as possible.
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We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.
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You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.
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Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.
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Couples who have been together for a long time say the key to staying together is to work as a team toward the greater good, tolerating some tough (even tragic) times to grow together and work toward a mature kind of union.
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We human beings are definitely capable of loving more than one person, but it seems to go more smoothly if we don't love more than one person at a time.
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You must give and receive love only when doing so doesn't hurt others. That's the ethical path, and you should gain strength from walking it.
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