“But I think if it's the right person, you wouldn't have to work so hard at intimacy.I think—hope—it would just happen naturally. Otherwise, opening up to the wrong person..." I made a face."Like putting ammo in their hands.”
“...Sometimes they open it up like a package in the presence of a person they can talk to,' she said. 'Someone they can trust.' She held out her hands. 'Any person who is carrying a lot of sadness,' she said, 'needs to be able to rest sometimes, and to put it down.”
“Putting up with the fear of being with the wrong person because you can't deal with the fear of being alone.”
“Nothing builds confidence like live ammo.”
“A successful person expects a clapping hand, an ailing person expects an open hand.”