Quote

Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.

Amy Dickinson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Amy Dickinson
Age: 64
Born: 1959
Born: November 6
Columnist
Freeville
New York
Would
Fence
Boundaries
Healthy
Wall
Building
Women
Picket
May
Brick
Important
Bricks

More quotes by Amy Dickinson

Image
Love is an irrational force, making humans do all sorts of strange and wonderful things like write poetry and take up the ukulele.
Amy Dickinson
Image
The ability to break a loved one's heart is the essential contradiction in human relationships.
Amy Dickinson
Image
As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Don't be stupid! is excellent advice.
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
There is true freedom in letting go.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Friendships can survive after massive disappointment, but only if both parties are honest with one another.
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
If people thought more, we'd all have less to amuse us.
Amy Dickinson
Image
When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the up button, and see where it takes you.
Amy Dickinson
Image
People don't change when they don't acknowledge their actions.
Amy Dickinson
Image
There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.
Amy Dickinson
Image
If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).
Amy Dickinson
Image
He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.
Amy Dickinson
Image
When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.
Amy Dickinson
Image
You need to start behaving like the person you want to attract.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Attraction happens when you feel important, valued, appreciated and wanted.
Amy Dickinson