"Boundaries are the lines we draw that mark off our autonomy and that of other people, that protect our privacy and that of others. Boundaries allow for intimate connection without dissolving or losing one's sense of self."

-- Amy Bloom

#Self Quotes #People Quotes #Connections Quotes

“I focus on a lot of women's issues.”

Source : "Interview with Lauren Greenfield, Director of Queen of Versailles". Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.indiewire.com. July 20, 2012.
“There's an old blues refrain: I begged for water, you gave me gasoline.”
“I got a bit obsessed with the whole English language and was writing journals and poetry. I've always been intrigued about psychology and philosophy and how people's minds work.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I would always be the kid that got in trouble in school, that's for sure, for joking around.”
“A good marriage is like Dr Who's Tardis: small and banal from the outside but spacious and interesting from within.”

Source : Katharine Whitehorn (1981). “View from a Column”
“A young man in Bangladesh can't even hold hands with a young woman. Without marriage there is no kissing, no holding hands, no going anywhere. So young boys can only go to the brothels for sex before marriage.”
“Sometimes I stress too much and don't have fun. If you're trying to be perfect, sometimes it backfires on you.”
“One UK paper described me as a "miserablist", a word I'd never heard before or since. I looked it up and it means someone who can only be happy when they are miserable. Perfect.”

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