“I don’t want to be dependent on anybody. I just want to take care of my grandma, maybe go shopping every once in a while.”— Lorene Scafaria, Destiny, Constance Wu, imdb.com
“I can understand women wanting to get married, because they know that their man can always run off with another woman. And, as they’re dependent on him, they have to make it that bit harder for him to get out of his obligations. But I don’t really see why men want to get married.”— Mick Jagger, rayconnolly.co.uk
“A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep. A cat, however, is never without the potentialiti…”— H. P. Lovecraft, amazon.com
“I plant roots so deeply in the people I love that I always lose a piece of myself when they go.”— Beau Taplin, afadthatlastsforever.tumblr.com
“The honeymoon phase doesn't last forever and becoming dependent on another human being will cause identity issues down the road.”— Mirtha Michelle Castro, amazon.com
“Dependency may appear to be love because it is a force that causes people to fiercely attach themselves to one another. But in actuality it is not love; it is a form of anti-love. It seeks to receive rather than to give. It nourishes infantilism rather than growth. It works to trap and constrict rat…”— M. Scott Peck,, amazon.com
“People who doubt their own truth can never be real to their partner. They are always watching the partner so that they can adapt to the partner’s evaluation of the truth. 'No, tell me what you think of the situation,' is a favorite reply. They become who they think the partner needs them to be. Thei…”— Pia Mellody, Lawrence S. Freundlich, amazon.com