At the end of our time on earth, if we have lived fully, we will not be able to say, ‘I was always happy.’ Hopefully, we will be able to say, ‘I have experienced a lifetime of real moments, and many of them were happy moments.’
BARBARA DE ANGELISSilence and solitude are confrontational. They plunge us instantly into the truth.
More Barbara De Angelis Quotes
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When will you know you have enough, and what will you do then?
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Marriage is not a noun; it’s a verb. It isn’t something you get. It’s something you do. It’s the way you love your partner every day.
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All relationships are your mirrors and all people are your teachers.
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Men aren’t the way they are because they want to drive women crazy; they’ve been trained to be that way for thousands of years. And that training makes it very difficult for men to be intimate.
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To succeed, you have to do something and be very bad at it for a while. You have to look bad before you can look really good.
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If you aren’t good at loving yourself, you will have a difficult time loving anyone, since you’ll resent the time and energy you give another person that you aren’t even giving to yourself.
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If you let your mind talk you out of things that aren’t logical, you’re going to have a very boring life. Because grace isn’t logical. Love isn’t logical. Miracles aren’t logical.
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The greatest gift you and your partner can give your children is the example of an intimate, healthy, and loving relationship.
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Don’t be proud of what you know, and don’t be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well as from the learned. Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.
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A lot of people don’t know what they want or they want much less than they deserve.
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Men are just as sensitive, and in some ways more sensitive, than women are.
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in all codependent relationships, the rescuer needs the victim as much as the victim needs the rescuer.
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We need to find the courage to say no to the things and people that are not serving us if we want to rediscover ourselves and live our lives with authenticity.
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The more connections you and your lover make, not just between your bodies, but between your minds, your hearts, and your souls, the more you will strengthen the fabric of your relationship, and the more real moments you will experience together.
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The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
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