"Sherrie suffers from severe difficulties in taking ownership of her life." p. 27

"As we see in Sherrie's many struggles, the inability to set appropriate boundaries at appropriate times with the appropriate people can be very destructive." p. 27

"This book presents a biblical view of boundaries: what they are, what they protect, how they are developed, how they are injured, how to repair them, and how to use them." p. 28

"The first is your most basic need in life is for relationship." p. 37

"We need self-control without repression." p. 31

"When parents teach children that setting boundaries or saying no is bad, they are teaching them that others can do with them as they wish." p. 50

"Controllers believe the old jokes about training top sales people: no means maybe, and maybe means yes." p. 54

"In other words, good parenting isn't emotionally bludgeoning the child into some close or ideal of...