The need to become a separate self is as urgent as the yearning to merge forever. And as long as we, not our mother, initiate parting, and as long as our mother remains reliably there, it seems possible to risk, and even to revel in, standing alone.
Judith ViorstFor some it takes a lifetime to find true love, But for the lucky ones a lifetime is merely enough to share the love they've found.
Judith ViorstSun lighting a child's hair. A friend's embrace. Slow dancing in a safe and quiet place. The pleasures of an ordinary life.
Judith ViorstWe cannot love others as others unless we possess suficient self-love, a love we learn from being loved in infancy.
Judith Viorst