Amy Dickinson Quotes - Page 2

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

  Amy Dickinson

  Lonely, Parent, Mothering

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• The ability to break a loved one's heart is the essential contradiction in human relationships.

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  Women, Heart, Essentials

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• Marriage is an intimate relationship between two people. It is a bad idea to involve a third party.

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  Women, Party, Intimate Relationships

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• Love is an irrational force, making humans do all sorts of strange and wonderful things like write poetry and take up the ukulele.

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  Women, Writing, Love Is

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• People who are combative in one relationship tend to be combative in other relationships.

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  Women, People

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• Friends tell the truth to one another. Friends don't slam the door to correction or reflection when it is offered with affection.

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  Friends, Reflection, Doors

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• There is true freedom in letting go.

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  Letting Go, Women, True Freedom

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• Perspective is the enemy of long-lost love.

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  Lost Love, Women, Long

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• Weddings and funerals are when you figure out who your real friends are.

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  Real, Women, Funeral

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• Friends tell each other the truth, and then friends stick around for the aftermath.

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  Women, Aftermath, Sticks

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• If you feel guilty about not "playing nice," then you could easily alleviate your guilt by playing nice.

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  Nice, Women, Guilt

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• Healthy boundaries are important, but you may be building a brick wall when a picket fence would do.

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  Wall, Women, Healthy

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• If you've got a good book with you, you're never bored (or alone).

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  Women, Book, Bored

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• You need to start behaving like the person you want to attract.

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  Women, Needs, Want

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• Friendships can survive after massive disappointment, but only if both parties are honest with one another.

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  Disappointment, Women, Party

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• Individuals who are uncomfortable with themselves sometimes emit vibes that make others uncomfortable.

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  Women, Vibes, Sometimes

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• "Nags" nag because they feel they aren't being heard.

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  Women, Heard, Feels

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• 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.

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  Women, Humans, Persons

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• You should not be hovering in the background, inflating the drama. Simply envelop him in love and affection and let him know that you will support his efforts, whatever they are.

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  Women, Drama, Support

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

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  Women, People, Life Is

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• Climb aboard life's elevator, hit the "up" button, and see where it takes you.

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  Women, Buttons, Elevators

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• As an advice columnist, I spend a lot of time reading through psychology journals to ensure that I give the most up-to-date advice.

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  Reading, Giving, Advice

  Source: www.npr.org

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• [from a reader] I hope she learns to look for the joy in life instead of picking out negatives - it will change her life for the better.

  Amy Dickinson

  Women, Joy, Looks

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• If nothing changes, you will have to put your disappointment in perspective.

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  Disappointment, Women, Perspective

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• 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.

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  Hurt, Women, Giving

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