#boundaries

Why can I write 'South' with some assurance that you'll know I mean Richmond and don't mean Phoenix? What is it that the South's boundaries enclose? ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#boundaries #enclose #i #i write #know

A refuge is supposed to prevent what? The genes from flowing out of sight? This refuge idea won't stop insects from moving across boundaries. That's absurd. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#across #boundaries #flowing #genes #idea

I don't put boundaries on myself when I sit at the piano. ↗

— Vanessa Carlton

#i #myself #piano #put #sit

If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself. ↗

— Joyce Maynard

#boundaries #i #myself #set #stories

After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent. ↗

— Francoise Sagan

#again #boundaries #cannot #certain #certain things

Although born in a prosperous realm, we did not believe that its boundaries should limit our knowledge, and that the lore of the East should alone enlighten us. ↗

— Charles de Secondat

#although #believe #born #boundaries #did

If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge its boundaries and increase its influence, and thus increase already impending dangers? ↗

— William H. Seward

#boundaries #constitution #dangers #enlarge #how

I love the idea of stepping out of the band situation into a solo world with no boundaries, no expectations, where nothing is out of bounds. ↗

— Tommy Shaw

#boundaries #bounds #expectations #i #i love

All her life, Claire had had a problem figuring out where other people ended and she began. All her life, she’d taken on the world’s hurt; she held herself responsible. But why? ↗

— Elin Hilderbrand

#life

Don't go overboard in praising required behavior: 'We have only done our duty' (Luke 17:10). But do go overboard when your child confesses the truth, repents honestly, takes chances, and loves openly. Praise the developing character in your child as it emerges in active, loving, responsible behavior. ↗

— Henry Cloud

#parenting #love