Merle Shain Mean Quotations

It can be much harder to be on the receiving end of a transaction than to be the one who gets to give. In fact, being given to can mean being taken from. There is a very strong connection between pride and giving, and those who do the giving get to feel that they are worthy, while those who are given to often feel that they are not.

Loving someone means helping them to be more themselves, which can be different from being what you’d like them to be, although often they turn out the same