“Anger is a passion, so it makes people feel alive and makes them feel they matter and are in charge of their lives. So people often need to renew their anger a long time after the cause of it has died, because it is a protection against helplessness and emptiness just like howling in the night. And it makes them feel less vulnerable for a little while.” PeopleNeedsFeelsLittlesLongMatterNightPassionCausesAliveLong TimeAngerDiedProtectionVulnerableEmptinessHelplessness Author:Merle Shain
“There are problems connected with infidelity and problems connected with being faithful at any cost, and I am for letting those concerned choose the problems they'd prefer. There need not be one rule for all. Infidelity is enlarging and fragmenting and very very dangerous, but it has been known to retrieve people as well as marriages, so it can't be only bad.” PeopleNeedsWellsHas BeensProblemKnownDangerousCostConcernedConnectedFaithfulInfidelityBeing Faithful Author:Merle Shain
“Until you divest yourself of the notion that you are a collection of needs, an empty vessel that someone else must fill up, there will be no safe place to harbor yourself, no safe shore to reach. As long as you think mostly of getting, you will have nothing real to give.” ThinkingNeedsGivingLongRealSafeEmptyNotionCollectionsShoreVesselHarborsSafe PlacesEmpty Vessels Author:Merle Shain
“The roots of love sink down and deep and strike out far, and they are arteries that feed our lives, so we must see that they get the water and sun they need so they can nourish us. And when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.” WorldLoveNeedsWaterSunOur LivesRootsDown AndStrikesArteries Author:Merle Shain
