Absurd Quote by Harriet Lerner

“I'm a good example of wanting to apologize only for my precise share of a problem--as I calculate it, of course--and I expect my husband Steve to apologize for his share, also as I calculate it. Since we're not always of one mind on the math, it can lead to the theater of the absurd.”

Harriet Lerner

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (10 ratings)

Absurd Apologizing Courses Example Good examples Husband Marriage Math Mind My husband Precise Problem Share Theater

More by Harriet Lerner

“Letting go of anger and hate requires us to give up the hope for a different past, along with the hope of a fantasized…

Harriet Lerner

Image

“There’s a widespread belief that if you have solid self-esteem you don’t need outside affirmation and praise. This is patently untrue, by the way.”

Harriet Lerner

Image

It is an act of courage to acknowledge our own uncertainty and sit with it for a while.

Harriet Lerner

Image

Silence can pose a greater threat than the difficult truth.

Harriet Lerner

Image

Nothing you say can ensure that the other person will get it, or respond the way you want. You may never exceed his threshold…

Harriet Lerner

Image

If you exchanged wedding vows, tape them to your bathroom mirror and read them aloud to yourself every morning along with the ritual brushing…

Harriet Lerner

Image

Kids want nothing more than for all the important adults in their life to get along.

Harriet Lerner

Image

“People's sense of self worth is pivotal to their ability to look clearly at the hurt they've caused. The more solid one's sense of…

Harriet Lerner

Image

Being able to make a sincere apology - one that says, "Yes, I get it; I screwed up. Your feelings make sense, and I'm…

Harriet Lerner

Image

“Everyone freaks out. Sometimes the best we can do with fear is befriend it. Expect it and understand that fear will always reappear. Eventually…

Harriet Lerner

Image

The bolder and more courageous you are, the more you will learn about yourself.

Harriet Lerner

Image

Underground issues from one relationship or context invariably fuel our fires in another.

Harriet Lerner

Image

Explore all 113 Harriet Lerner quotes

More Absurd quotes

When a person’s tongue is extensively wrong, it is absurd, no less than unscriptural, to say that their heart is right.

J. C. Ryle

Image

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion…

Voltaire

Image

It is a dangerous and fateful presumption, besides the absurd temerity that it implies, to disdain what we do not comprehend. For after you…

Anonymous

Image

I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps…

Sadegh Hedayat

Image

If, indeed, a firearm were more dangerous to its possessors than to potential aggressors, would it not make sense for the government to arm…

David Mamet

Image

“You were torturing a cat," she says. "With a freaking prod." "A prod I built myself in metal shop," he says. "But of course…

George Saunders

Image

I have never heard enough classical music to be able to enjoy it; & the simple truth is, I detest it. Not mildly, but…

Mark Twain

Image

“Rachel got up and did this happy little shuffle, like she was some cheerful farmer chick who'd just stepped outside to find the hick…

George Saunders

Image

The absurd duty, too often inculcated, of obeying a parent only on account of his being a parent, shackles the mind, and prepares it…

Mary Wollstonecraft

Image

The workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd. But it is…

Albert Camus

Image

I was once part of a Christmas cabaret. I sang 'I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus.' I tap-danced. I had a ten-gallon hat. It…

Peter Dinklage

Image

Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden.

Thomas Mann

Image

Browse all 1,528 Absurd quotes

Absurd Quote by Harriet Lerner

Related quotes

More by Harriet Lerner

More Absurd quotes