Vladimir Kramnik Quotes

I don't let people use me. That's why I like a small number of people in my life. The more people in my life, the more complex it becomes, so I just try to keep it at a minimum.

I know what men want. Men want to be really, really close to someone who will leave them alone.

I'm learning how to keep my identity and personal life sacred. It's a matter of knowing my limits. I don't have to give everything that's asked of me.

I like to be real private; you don't always want everyone around you - even when they like you.

I don't like to talk about girlfriend stuff. It's not necessary. I try to keep my relationships separate from everything else.

I try to stay away from forced intimacy.

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

I mind my own business. Too much of attention becomes intrusive at times.

I don't let many people in. I don't discuss everything. If I don't want to discuss it, I'm not discussing it. I think that annoys the hell out of an awful lot of people.

Let's not get too comfortable with each other.

I go to put my arm around you and you give me a look like I'm way out of bounds.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.

There is not true intimacy between souls who do not know how to respect one another's solitude.

Sometimes you just need your privacy.

The point of marriage is not to create a quick commonality by tearing down all boundaries on the contrary, a good marriage is one in which each partner appoints the other to be the guardian of his solitude, and thus they show each other the greatest possible trust.

You best teach others about healthy boundaries by enforcing yours.

I believe in having a private life.

If you zoom close-if you get really close to someone, if you really get close to yourself-then you lose the other person, you lose yourself entirely. You get so close you can't see anything anymore.

Getting a room's not always enough. Sometimes you gotta close the door.

Most of us have a "Do Not Disturb" sign around our necks.

two people can sleep in the same bed and still be alone when they close their eyes

...all I have to do is stay in between the lines and make sure that no one is too close to me and I am not too close to anyone and keep leaving. Maybe it felt like this for her, too, but I could never feel like this alone.

Our faces were no more than ten inches apart but she was lightyears away from me.

Don't be sorry. Just try not to let him touch you. When he touches you I see red. I can't take it. I don't want to see him or anyone else touch you