Quotes about Boundaries

Tell Larry I'm not going to the reception, and that he can't count on me for anything for the rest of my life.

Every dog is entitled to one bite.

Friendship increases in visiting friends, but not in visiting them too often.

I would never speak about specifics in my own relationships because I think it's tacky. If you seriously want to know, listen to the music.

Questions are never indiscreet, answers sometimes are.

Stop worrying about being your child's buddy. You are the only one in the world with the primary responsibility of giving your child what he needs, not what he wants.

And then she knew. Her friends and neighbors were angry at her because she had overstepped, given too much, offended them by excess.

At first the people in the town were frightened; they knew Shadrack was crazy but that did not mean that he didn't have any sense or, even more important, that he had no power. [...] Once the people understood the boundaries and nature of his madness, they could fit him, so to speak, into the scheme of things.

There is but an inch of difference between the cushioned chamber and the padded cell.

Don't be curious of matters that don't concern you; never speak of them, and don't ask about them.

Don't tell them too much about your soul. They're waiting for just that.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love.