Quote

Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.

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
Life
People
Weird
Guess
Makes

More quotes by Amy Dickinson

Image
Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.
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
When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.
Amy Dickinson
Image
One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.
Amy Dickinson
Image
You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Your job in life is to look after yourself and to find ways to get what you need - emotionally and otherwise - so that you live your best possible life, without being mired in anger and hurt over the past.
Amy Dickinson
Image
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.
Amy Dickinson
Image
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.
Amy Dickinson
Image
He sounds like someone who might best be loved from a distance.
Amy Dickinson
Image
There is nothing more painful than being rejected simply for being who you are.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Friends tell each other the truth, and then friends stick around for the aftermath.
Amy Dickinson
Image
When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Not every relationship can be altered to fit.
Amy Dickinson
Image
If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Being inclusive sometimes means being kind toward people whose views are repugnant. But you should only do so if it is physically and emotionally safe for you.
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
You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.
Amy Dickinson
Image
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.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Bullies often act out by marshaling aggression to cover up for insecurity.
Amy Dickinson
Image
Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.
Amy Dickinson