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"I may have stayed at your palace just for a night, Kandamaaraa--but it's done me a world of good," Vandhiyathevan remarked casually, after a while. "I'm a little disappointed about just one thing, though. All those endless descriptions you gave of your sister's remarkable beauty on the banks of Vada Pennai--and I could barely catch a glimpse of her, last evening! All I could see when she peeped from behind her mother, was an eighth of her face. My friend, I'm frustrated! Thamizh girls ought to behave with decorum and a proper degree of bashfulness--but your sister has a little too much of them, I tell you!"

— Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy

"It was never my intention to accuse you of matrimony, My Lord. Who among us has bound himself to merely one wife, after all? And yet--yet--"

..."If it is any consultation, it was I" admitted Pazhuvettarayar he turned to Vanangamudiyaar. "Tell me--is it such a crime to take my lawfully wedded wife, who bears my thaali around her neck, wherever I go? It is true that I rarely stay away from her--but to accuse me of consulting her regarding state affairs is unjust. I have not done so, and never will."

— Ponniyin Selvan by Kalki Krishnamurthy

In this motivation part of boundary building with your child don't undervalue any of the three motives for good behavior we have discussed. Your child needs to be concerned about the pain of consequences for irresponsibility, the rights and wrongs of his behavior, and what pain his actions may cause for his friends and God. Be a parent who is subject to these motivations, and create many experiences for your child to internalize and own them for himself.

— Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud

Parents who do not say NO to their child's wish to be continually by their side are teaching him that he cannot exist on his own and that the world revolves around him. Later, the same child will not be comfortable allowing the one he loves to have her own sense of separateness, and he will try to control her.

— Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud

Riker beamed at Worf. 'Commander, one of my final acts as this ship's executive officer was to recommend you as Counselor Troi's replacement. Your sensitivity shows me that my judgment was sound.'

— Taking Wing by Michael A. Martin

If you never disagree witlh the person you love, something is terbly wrong. Some people are afraid to be themselves with another person. Such fear negates love. The Bible says that perfect love drives out fear (1 John 4:18). You can't really love someone with whom you can't be separate. That is, love does not mean losing yourself, but rather frees you and empowers you to be yourself.

— Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud

Someone once said, "Reality is a tough place to live, but it is the only place to get a good steak."

— Boundaries with Kids by Henry Cloud