Quotes About Vulnerability

I bleed to un-break you, un-mending me.I fall to save you...now who will save me.

One doesn't fall in love... one digs a hole for himself to trip in... claiming he didn't see it coming

Love. The word scared me. Love. The word broke me. I fell apart.

A kiss is the sledgehammer that breaks the ice in you.

When you love somebody you justify negative sides of this person, but if you are disappointed in your love yo lose every chance to do it

I kiss your heart because those before me have scarred it.

Love deeply without any fear of being hurt.

Arthur placed the point over the heart, and as I looked I could see its dint in the white flesh. Then he struck with all his might.

I wish I were with you, dear, sitting by the fire undressing, as we used to sit; and I would try to tell you what I feel. I do not know how I am writing this even to you. I am afraid to stop, or I should tear up the letter, and I don't want to stop, for I do so want to tell you all.

He laughed till he cried, and I had to draw down the blinds lest anyone should see us and misjudge; and then he cried, till he laughed again; and laughed and cried together, just as a woman does.

One, two, three, all open their veins for her, besides one old man. Ah, yes, I know, friend John. I am not blind! I love you all the more for it! Now go. In

I suppose there is something in a woman's nature that makes a man free to break down before her and express his feelings on the tender or emotional side without feeling it derogatory to his manhood.

j'ai eu, ces derniers temps, tant de chagrin et d'inquiétude que je sens qu'il me serait impossible d'en supporter davantage ! Sans doute les larmes font-elles du bien parfois ; sans doute rafraîchissent-elles l'atmosphère comme le fait la pluie…

am amaze, and not at ease then; but she is so bright and tender and thoughtful for me that I forget all fear.

Nella natura femminile deve esserci qualcosa che fa sentire un uomo libero di abbandonarsi, e di esprimere i suoi sentimenti, anche i più teneri ed emotivi, senza timore che possano incrinare la sua virilità.

No debe estar solo; porque estar solo es estar lleno de miedos y temores.

I greatly fear that she is of too super-sensitive a nature to go through the world without trouble.

The truth can be devastating. We spend much of our lives protecting ourselves from it and shielding others as well. We use lies to take the edge off life. We dream of a better tomorrow. We hide from our regrets and inadequacies. We try to exaggerate the good and downplay the bad. We even manage to hide from the inescapable reality that sooner or later we and everyone we love is going to die.

That was the trouble of telling someone all your truths. They could use them to tear you apart.

To love is to lose control.  Ã¢â'¬â€Paulo Coelho

I chose protection over honesty.

I think people are very brave and often are a lot more frightened than they're allowed to admit. Life is much harder to live for most people than we want to admit. And so many things take a summoning up of courage. It makes one's own life a little bit easier when you can acknowledge that. -Ursula LeGuin, interviewed by

In a sense, we are all like flowers longing for the light while we keep our petals closed. There is plenty of sun and light available, but if we are closed we cannot let it in.

I feel like our whole friendship was a lie. She's probably the only person I've ever really opened up to, and the whole time she was hiding stuff from me. I just don't feel like I can trust somebody like that.