I sat down on the edge of a deep soft chair and looked at Mrs Regan. She was worth a stare. She was trouble.
Interpretation
This quote encapsulates the allure and danger of attraction.
In this quote, the speaker reflects on the captivating presence of Mrs. Regan, suggesting that her beauty and charm come with a hint of danger. It highlights the complexity of human relationships where desire can intermingle with the potential for trouble, emphasizing that what draws us in may also lead to complications.
In practice
During a discussion about the complexities of attraction in a relationship seminar.
Undoubtedly the stories about them [hard-boiled detectives] had a fantastic element. Such things happened, but not so rapidly, nor to so close-knit a group of people, nor within so narrow a frame of logic. This was inevitable because the demand was for constant action; if you stopped to think you were lost. When in doubt, have a man come through a door with a gun in his hand.
There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.
Organized crime is the dirty side of the sharp dollar.
When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.
The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.
If my books had been any worse, I should not have been invited to Hollywood, and if they had been any better, I should not have come.
The kind of caring that the client-centered therapist desires to achieve is a gullible caring, in which clients are accepted as they say they are, not with a lurking suspicion in the therapist's mind that they may, in fact, be otherwise. This attitude is not stupidity on the therapist's part; it is the kind of attitude that is most likely to lead to trust.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
A peevish self-willed harlotry it is. *Sheβs a stubborn little brat.*
A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.
Sister relationships span a huge range, from best friends to worst enemies. From 'I adore her; I talk to her five times a day' to 'I decided to cut her out of my life.' For most women, it's in between.
So time doesn't count, and place does?' I said this to tease her. When I was a man, I liked teasing her and she went along with it, consenting, for it reminded us both of a sadness that had passed.
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