Quotes About Vulnerability

She can't just be a face, a body; there has to be more than that, some kind of connection. And I can't connect, don't want to connect, with anyone.

They try to make you think they care about what you do but they don't. They don't want you to act a certain way. So you're easy to understand. So you won't pose a threat to them.

And because I'm so out of control, I can't help myself. I'm not even mine anymore, I'm yours, and what if you decide that you don't want me? How could you want me like I want you?

what's the matter?" he asked "nothing" "what do you want me to do for you?" "i want you to be old. ten years older. twenty years older" what she meant was: i want you to be weak. as weak as i am.

I always want to sleep on the third date.

I want you to be honest with me. Even if it hurts. Although I would prefer for it not to hurt.

He's sensitive and I don't want him to break his heart over somebody who doesn't care about him.

We have a tendency to always test people's love. 'I want to see how badly I have to behave before you'll leave me. Because I don't really think you want me anyhow.'

Tell the truth about who you are, what you feel, what you want, what you're up to. Tell the truth about that first to yourself and then to anybody else that'll listen.

I don't want to sleep alone," she says gently. And I don't force her to. Sarai falls fast asleep curled up next to me in my bed. Right where I want her.

I want you to be with me in the dark. To hold me. To keep loving me. To help me when I get scared. To come right to the edge and see what's there.

I'm going to arrange you, if that's okay?" I swallowed. "Uh... sure." My hands were clutched to my ribcage, my shoulders hunched almost to my ears. What, this isn't how you want me positioned?

I feel like I've been in love, but I have stood aside from it over and over again in my life. It's all you want, but it's terrifying.

I wasn't really able to love someone but I couldn't help but want to be loved.

I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.

Stripping away my ego and accepting my truth even if it's not who I want to see. Makes me want to be better when it's exposed. It's very vulnerable and exhilarating.

I think children in general have a very hard time - at least I did - expressing any pain because I didn't want to hurt the people that I loved.

"Openness" [story] ultimately asks this same question - can a relationship survive complete honesty? As a romantic, I want to say "Yes, of course!" But, over time, I've come to agree with Dan Savage.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

Watch out for people who feel weak. They may want to feel strong one day and you might not survive that moment.

I definitely feel moved and affected after interviews, but not in a way that's anything other than positive. There are moments that make me want to cry, but not in any way I can't handle.

I'm pretty sure I would never do a full frontal in a movie - for personal reasons, I wouldn't really want to show that.

A lot of times girls think they're funny, but they want to pretty at the same time, and if you want to be funny, you have to be willing to get ugly.

People are afraid, people don't want to be rejected.