Amy Dickinson Quotes - Page 3

When you're a single parent, you're often lonely, yet seldom alone. There is no backup ... It is mothering without a net.

If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you're trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.

I believe that everyone deserves love, and sometimes looking outside your own culture is a good way to find it.

You cannot tie your fiance to the railroad track of self-reflection and personal improvement.

When the choice is between a demanding relationship and a vintage pickup truck, I'll choose the truck every time.

[from a reader] Whenever I feel myself resenting someone, I reach out. I have made good friends that way.

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.

Almost any group of three is going to form a triangle, with two points closer to one another.

You should not propose marriage until you have resolved your feelings about your ex.

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.

Have you ever noticed how bored people are also boring?

The fullness of life is incubated in its messy places.

Single parenthood is hard, but it's simple too. You just do everything yourself.

Absence really can make the heart grow fonder, even when the [man's] feet wander.

In life, you don't get instant satisfaction. In life, you get to slog. You work. You grow. You take the long view. You fill the void with self-actualization.

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.

Needy and boring parents tend to have needy and bored children.

Not every relationship can be altered to fit.

Ask 10 people about their family relationships and at least five of them will report an estrangement.

One of the benefits of being divorced is that you no longer need to listen to your ex's assessment of the appropriateness of your actions.

One of the privileges of adulthood is that your parents don't get to tell you what to do.

One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.

Mature people must find their own ways to cope with their own temptations.

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.

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