Quotes About Vulnerability

Never show a weakness; never show pain. The vulnerable get eaten.

I broke my own heart, Leon. He was just the hammer I hit it with.

The relationship might have meant nothing to him, but it was my first. I hadn't known it was necessary to guard myself against committing completely. I didn't realize it was doomed from the start. I just fell in love.

Cults exploited people, and those who got sucked in, especially on the bottom layer of the hierarchy, weren't usually bad people. They were looking for something better, a little bit of hope, or a way to deal with overwhelming things in their life. Instead, they ended up as free labor, brainwashed and used, their vulnerabilities and fears molded into a leash that held them in place.

alone with her sadness . . ." "Curran, stop while you're ahead, or I swear

You need someone to take care of you, Maud, whether you want to admit it or not.

Would you like to sit in my nasty medicated bath with me?

Karina shut her eyes. She could picture herself wrapped in those powerful arms. It would feel safe, so safe. Her life was broken like a mirror and the shards kept cutting her fingers.

And she wanted to see him bend, to find out what it would be like to see the vulnerability of intimacy in those hard eyes. She was completely powerless and she needed to feel powerful, as a woman does who is wanted so badly by a man, he would do anything for her.

Why would you want to shoot him?" "He broke your heart. You were miserable for weeks." "I broke my own heart, Leon. He was just the hammer I hit it with." Leon raised his eyebrows. "That's deep, Catalina.

most of the time being with him was so easy. But when it was difficult, it nearly broke me. I wondered if it was like that for him, too.

Oh. "So the best way to fight you is to strip naked and attack?" His eyes flashed with a wicked light. "Yes. You should try it and see what happens." Well, I did walk right into that one.

I guess there wouldn't be any harm in telling it this once," Raphael said.

I'm your best bet to keep Roland from taking over." "Yes." "Young, in need of being taught." Evdokia crossed her arms. "Yes." "Easily manipulated? Emotionally compromised? Are these my best qualities?" Evdokia threw her hands up in exasperation. "I would just like to know the score from the start. So I have no disappointments later.

I won't let you die, Ramona." His voice was quiet and intimate. Suddenly the cabin shrank, and she was acutely aware that his presence seemed to take up too much of it. He was still looking at her with those warm, sincere eyes she'd never expected to see.

In a place where you're so freaked out that you hold yourself supertight, because any splash of emotion could break the dam and you would fall to pieces.

He'd thrown his arm in front of her to shield her from the crash. What a dirty move. That bastard.

Everyone had a weakness. It was the law of nature that for each being there was a predator or a disease or a vulnerability built into their very core.

Touch me." She stared at his palm. Calloused. Probably from swinging that bloody sword. "I won't bite," he said. "Not until you're in my bed, anyway.

The problem with honesty was that it gave your opponent ammunition to use against you.

didn't matter how powerful you were. Life always found ways to stab you and twist the knife in the wound. Nobody was immune.

Wind mages. They're all fancy dancing until you drop something heavy on them.

I will kill anything that tries to hurt you, he said, his voice quiet. I know. I will kill anything that tries to hurt you, I told him. Curran looked at me. I just can't figure out what to do when you hurt yourself. Who am I mad at? I opened my mouth. Nothing smart came to mind. If anyone can figure it out, it would be you. You're the only one who'll put up with me.

Before I take a man into my bed, I need to know him. I want to trust him and like him.