Quotes About Vulnerability

Her forehead fell to rest on the tile, her eyes burning, flooding, overflowing with the pain he seemed unable to express and she couldn't escape.

Mattie felt drained, as though someone had stood her on her head and poured her entire heart and soul right out of her body.

I've seen the girls he's been with, Kendra. Guys like him don't pay attention to me. I'm always the sidekick, the supporting cast. I am in over my head here. I'm going back to bed and staying there for the weekend.

The thing is, when you let people get too close, you end up getting hurt.

I think maybe that is what love is. Seeing beyond the scars, to the person below the surface.

You shouldn't try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you're supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you're supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it's necessary because it's all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day.

Your heart can break at any age.

That was all part of giving someone a piece of your heart; they ended up taking a whole chunk of your mind and reserving it all for themselves.

Sometimes you have to give yourself to somebody in order to see who you are. Sometimes you have to unravel things to get to the core

That was other thing I hated about kids; they always said the exact things that deep down you already knew, would never admit, and most certainly never wanted to hear.

I guess when you're trying to find all the parts of yourself, it's difficult to be with someone who's already fully intact.

Love was one of those feelings that you could never control.

Love can change us beyond recognition, we become love-sick, soft-eyed jelly-bellied fools.

I can't be afraid of someone whose human side I see and know.

the thing about love - no one is untouchable. It's as wild as that, as raw as an open flesh wound exposed to salty sea water, but when it actually breaks, it's silent. You're just screaming on the inside and no one can hear it.

I've learned that to be courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way.

I learned something important that night. You shouldn't try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you're supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you're supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it's necessary because it's all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day.

Here's an idea, Rosie. Why don't you just tell Alex how you feel? Why don't you just finally get all of those feelings out in the open, and clear your messed-up little head? At least then he'll know that you're not going over not because you don't care about him, but that in fact you love him, more than he knows, but that you need to stay here for Katie. Then that will put the ball in his court. He can make the decision whether to come to you or not.

Mary May: Dr. Smith says nothing's broken. Celestine: No. If you don't count my heart, my pride and my complete belief in humanity.

You were the only person who truly told me in that interview that you weren't afraid to fly, that in fact you were afraid that you wouldn't.

But this is what happens when you come apart, the secret bits you knew about each other dissolve into nothing.

I've learned that to be courageous is to feel fear within, every step of the way. Courage does not take over, it fights and struggles through every word you say and every step you take. It's a battle or a dance as to whether to let it pervade. It takes courage to overcome, but it takes extreme fear to be courageous.

The most painful moment in my life also became the moment I showed the most strength and courage.

This story is about people, secrets, and time. About people who, not unlike wrapped parcels, cover themselves with layers and layers until they present themselves to the right ones who can unwrap them and see inside.