Amy Dickinson Quotes

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

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

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

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.

You cannot beat the clock. My advice is to grab your moments of grace and enjoy them while they last.

One person gets to decide if something is a problem in a relationship.

Boredom has an important function, because pushing through it can unleash creativity.

Unsolicited advice is always self-serving.

If you miss one moment of enjoying your own life and relationships because you’re trying to punish someone else, the bad guy wins.

Sometimes toxic people are so resistant to change that therapy does not really help them – but they send everybody else into therapy to find ways to cope.

People don’t change when they don’t acknowledge their actions.

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.