“But we have, if not our understanding, our own experience, and it feels to me sealed, inviolable, ours. We have a last,… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
“The corn is planted first, followed by beans, then squash between the rows.They are called the Three Sisters. They sustain each other,… — Elizabeth Haydon Copy Share Image
There is no neediness in desire ... there is no caretaking in desire. Caretaking is mightily loving, [but] it's a powerful anti-aphrodisiac. — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
We're vulnerable to repeating history, especially if we don't know what's driving us. For example, it may be a family tradition to… — Harriet Lerner Copy Share Image
“I’d write and read and let myself, a little at a time, step down into myself- like a stairway down into a… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
The task is clear: to create a culture of caretaking in which no one and nowhere is thrown away, in which the… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Caring works. Caretaking doesn't. We can learn to walk the line between the two. — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Today I will practice healthy giving, understanding that caretaking and compulsive giving don't work. I choose what I want to give, to… — Melody Beattie Copy Share Image
Not only do our wives need support, but our children need our deep involvement in their lives. If this period [the early… — Augustus Napier Copy Share Image
Can we really expect adequate funding for programs to clean up our environment and care for people's basic needs as long as… — Riane Eisler Copy Share Image
The caretaking has to be done. "Somebody's got to be the mommy." Individually, we underestimate this need, and as a society we… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
