Quote

He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.

Amy Dickinson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Amy Dickinson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Women
Best
Might
Like
Sounds
Distance
Loved
Sound
Someone

More quotes by Amy Dickinson

Image
[from a reader] Whenever I feel myself resenting someone, I reach out. I have made good friends that way.
Amy Dickinson
Image
When you are criticizing someone, you should speak only to your own experience - not others'.
Amy Dickinson
Image
You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.
Amy Dickinson
Image
I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.
Amy Dickinson
Image
A threat is a promise followed by a consequence.
Amy Dickinson
Image
If you turn the heat down on the relationship, she will soften, the tension will lessen, and she will eventually inch closer to you. Don't go in for the hug until you achieve a handshake.
Amy Dickinson
Image
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.
Amy Dickinson
Image
We are not our best intentions. We are what we do.
Amy Dickinson
Image
If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).
Amy Dickinson
Image
When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.
Amy Dickinson
Image
All promises are empty - until they are fulfilled.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.
Amy Dickinson
Image
In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Have you ever noticed how bored people are also boring?
Amy Dickinson
Image
Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Not every relationship can be altered to fit.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Life is both short and complicated. People sometimes make baffling choices.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Almost any group of three is going to form a triangle, with two points closer to one another.
Amy Dickinson
Image
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.
Amy Dickinson