David Schnarch Quotes

#1. We tell ourselves that intimacy (and marriage) takes two people who are willing to work at it-but, unfortunately, we rarely have the slightest inkling of our "job" assignments in this project.

David Schnarch

#2. It is very difficult to generalise. Everyone's adventure is original.

Bernard Pivot

#3. Some people say the Balkans is just inherently violent. That we have to fight a war every fifty years."
"I hope that's not true", I said.

Sara Novic

#4. A solid sense of self develops from confronting yourself, challenging yourself to do what's right, and earning your own self-respect.

David Schnarch

#5. Whoa, there. Calm down." "Don't tell me what to do." "Okay, fine. Freak out.

Chelsea M. Cameron

#6. Wanting creates the space in which our highest aspirations come into being.

David Schnarch

#7. Our mistakes and regrets are not barriers to becoming who we can be; they are a necessary ingredient.

David Schnarch

#8. For most of Western civilization low sexual desire has been considered a goal rather than a problem.

David Schnarch

#9. I think that women no longer have to set up a boundary between work life and home life. One of the hallmarks of my thinking is that I bring a lot of my personal life into my work. That's a huge advantage I have over men, who may feel they have to separate the two.

Charlene Li

#10. I wanted to say something brilliant. My God, Holmes, how did you know the zombie was hiding in the flower pot? But I couldn't lie.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#11. You don't think your way to a new way of living. You live your way to a new way of thinking.

David Schnarch

#12. What fascinates people isn't policy- who cares about policy? What fascinates people is always people- the detail of another person's life.

Robert Harris

#13. If you can't regulate your own emotional temperature, you'll regulate everyone around you to keep yourself comfortable.

David Schnarch