Quotes About Vulnerability

I wish the world would swallow us here, whole, in this moment. And that's when it hits me that this - this - is falling in love.

Love softens everything except our sense of integrity.

Dance as if no one's watching, love as if it's never going to hurt.

Sometimes being fooled by love is worth the price. At least you know you're alive and capable of feeling, even if all you end up with is chest pain.

But once in a great while he remembered that he had felt pain, a terrible ache in his heart, and he swore he would never let himself feel love for a human again.

It's about risking everything. Putting your heart on the line, even when you don't know what's going to happen. It's risking having the person you love rip it out and stomp all over it in public.

Love is never guaranteed. Love is a risk we take because we hope it will make us happy.

Following your heart means allowing the possibility of finding true love to be stronger than the fear of rejection.

They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

Maybe there were people out there whose love could survive anything, but mine was fragile. It needed to be nurtured in order to thrive and grow.

And I am aware of my heart: it opens and closes Its bowl of red blooms out of sheer love of me.

I don't need anyone to look after me financially and, while it's hard to trust that a man loves you for the right reasons, you have to take a leap of faith.

They call it 'falling in love' because it's less like stepping and more like tripping. Tripping is the part where you're still trying to remain upright

I think that after the first time you give your heart away, you never get it back. The rest of your life is just you pretending that you still have a heart.

I've come to a wonderful realization that is fascinating: I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to love. No one does!

I'm not opposed to falling in love.

Stella: And when he comes back I cry on his lap like a baby.. [she smiles to herself] Blanche: I guess that is what is meant by being in love.

Mort was already aware that love made you feel hot and cold and cruel and weak, but he hadn't realized that it could make you stupid.

I discovered that the heart is a breakable thing, but also discovered my capacity to love another person.

Never be afraid to love, not even when there's a chance you're not being loved in return.

You looked at me then like you knew me, and I thought it really was Eden, and I couldn't take your eyes in because I was loving the hoof marks on your cheeks.

The way you give love is the most profoundly human part of you. When people say it's ugly or a perversion or an abomination, they're attacking the center of your being.

I think doing love scenes is never easy without a strong emotional background.

You could penetrate anybody if you consistently put out love. Some people can't handle it.