Elizabeth Gilbert Quote

To have issueswith boundaries, one must have boundaries in the first place, right? But I disappear intothe person I love. I am the permeable membrane. If I love you, you can have everything. Youcan have my time, my devotion, my ass, my money, my family, my dog, my dog’s money, mydog’s time—everything. If I love you, I will carry for you all your pain, I will assume for you allyour debts (in every definition of the word), I will protect you from your own insecurity, I willproject upon you all sorts of good qualities that you have never actually cultivated in yourselfand I will buy Christmas presents for your entire family. I will give you the sun and the rain,and if they are not available, I will give you a sun check and a rain check. I will give you allthis and more, until I get so exhausted and depleted that the only way I can recover my energyis by becoming infatuated with someone else.