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Fear of intimacy4 quotes
People have to share things, Joel. That's what intimacy is. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004I don't think we need to do the thing where we tell each other everything. — Jerry Maguire · 1996You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing", and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself and it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. — Paul Varjak · 1961He pushes people away before they have a chance to leave him. It's a defense mechanism, alright, and for 20 years he's been alone because of that. — Sean · 1997Intimacy3 quotes
People have to share things, Joel. That's what intimacy is. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004I don't think we need to do the thing where we tell each other everything. — Jerry Maguire · 1996He pushes people away before they have a chance to leave him. It's a defense mechanism, alright, and for 20 years he's been alone because of that. — Sean · 1997Defense mechanisms1 quote
He pushes people away before they have a chance to leave him. It's a defense mechanism, alright, and for 20 years he's been alone because of that. — Sean · 1997Fear1 quote
You know what's wrong with you, Miss Whoever-you-are? You're chicken, you've got no guts. You're afraid to stick out your chin and say, "Okay, life's a fact, people do fall in love, people do belong to each other, because that's the only chance anybody's got for real happiness." You call yourself a free spirit, a "wild thing", and you're terrified somebody's gonna stick you in a cage. Well baby, you're already in that cage. You built it yourself and it's not bounded in the west by Tulip, Texas, or in the east by Somali-land. It's wherever you go. Because no matter where you run, you just end up running into yourself. — Paul Varjak · 1961Oversharing1 quote
I don't think we need to do the thing where we tell each other everything. — Jerry Maguire · 1996Relationships1 quote
People have to share things, Joel. That's what intimacy is. — Clementine Kruczynski · 2004Vulnerability1 quote
He pushes people away before they have a chance to leave him. It's a defense mechanism, alright, and for 20 years he's been alone because of that. — Sean · 1997