. . . a relationship has a ...

. . . a relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest commitment.
. . . a relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest commitment.
 Carolyn Heilbrun

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
I'm pretty conservative when it comes to money. My parents were very working class and constantly working. There was always a very strong work ethic and that's put a more conservative, "save for a rainy day" mentality into me.
The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.
 Nicolas Winding Refn
The overall similarity is probably in the mentality of law enforcement officers. There's a sense of wanting to really uphold a sense of morality and make sure that the laws are enforced to the letter, whenever possible.
 Benjamin McKenzie
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quotes from the same author

We women have lived too much with closure: "If he notices me, if I marry him, if I get into college, if I get this work accepted, if I get this job" -- there always seems to loom the possibility of something being over, settled, sweeping clear the way for contentment. This is the delusion of a passive life. When the hope for closure is abandoned, when there is an end to fantasy, adventure for women will begin.
 Carolyn Heilbrun
Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.
 Carolyn Heilbrun
A literary academic can no more pass a bookstore than an alcoholic can pass a bar.
 Carolyn Heilbrun
We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies.
 Carolyn Heilbrun
maturity ... is letting things happen.
 Carolyn Heilbrun