“Dogs know we need to give affection as much as they need to receive it. They were the first therapists; they've been in practice for thousands of years.”

“It still took years for me to let go of learned pattern's of behavior that negated my capacity to give and receive love. One pattern that made the practice of love especially difficult was my constantly choosing to be with men who were emotionally wounded, who were not that interested in loving, even though they desired to be loved. I wanted to know love but was afraid to be intimate. By choosing men who were not interested in being loving, I was able to practice giving love but always within an unfufilling context. Naturally, my need to receive love was not met. I got what I was accustomed to getting. Care and affection, usually mingled with a degree of unkindness, neglect, and on some occasions, out right cruelty.”

“Life gives us what we need when we need it; receiving what it gives us is a whole other thing.”

“The law of sacrifice postulates that we need to give in order to receive ... Cosmic Ordering says, receive before you give.”

“Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.”

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”