Quotes About Vulnerability

Ya no temo mi vulnerabilidad, porque no la confundo con debilidad; puedo vivir con los brazos, las puertas y el corazón abiertos.

Weinig oude mensen zijn tevreden, Irina. De meesten leven in armoede, met een gebrekkige gezondheid en zonder familie. Dit is de moeilijkste en kwetsbaarste fase van ons leven, erger nog dan je kinderjaren, want met de dag ga je verder achteruit en er wacht je geen andere toekomst dan de dood.

Hearts don't break like eggs. And if yours is an egg, isn't it better for it to be broken and for feelings to pour out? That's the price for a life lived to the full," her daughter replied implacably.

Necesitan a un hombre para sentirse seguras y no se dan cuenta que lo único que hay que temer es a los mismos hombres.

We get along really well, it seems to me, although he still grunts at me every once in a while. I don't pay any attention. I remember that when I met him, he struck me as surly, but in these months of living together I've discovered he's one of those guys who's ashamed of his own kind heart. He makes no effort to be nice and gets frightened when someone grows fond of him; that's why he's a little scared of me.

our demons lose their power when we pull them out of the depths where they hide and look them in the face in broad daylight. But

Las miserias de la enfermedad nos igualan, no hay ricos ni pobres, al cruzar este umbral los privilegios se hacen humo y nos volvemos humildes. Mi

Con humildad duele menos la humillación cotidiana de depender. Sin embargo, la invalidez del cuerpo me trajo un inesperado regalo: me dio una inmensa libertad de la mente.

I do not fear my vulnerability because I no longer confuse it with weakness.

I don't have to cultivate the image of fortitude instilled by my grandfather, which was very useful earlier in my life but not anymore; now I can ask for help and be sentimental.

Pero ¿por qué darle a un hombre lo que cuesta tanto ganar? En ese sentido las mujeres son muy brutas. Son hijas del rigor. Necesitan a un hombre para sentirse seguras y no se dan cuenta que lo único que hay que temer es a los mismos hombres.

el silencio era el último inviolable refugio de mi mujer, y no una enfermedad mental

El corazón no se rompe como un huevo. Y si fuera un huevo, ¿no es mejor romperlo para que se demarren los sentimientos? Es el precio por una vida bien vivida.

los mejores, siempre que optemos por el amor en vez del miedo, dice. El amor no se da como una planta silvestre, se cultiva con mucho cuidado.

sólo quedaban sobre la cama dos criaturas desvalidas, con la memoria ausente, flotando en el vacío terrible de tantas palabras calladas.

There's a difference between being old and being ancient. It doesn't have to do with age, but physical and mental health," Cathy explained. "Those who are old can remain independent, but those who are ancient need help and supervision; there comes a moment when they're like children again.

He had the awkward tenderness of someone who has never been loved and is forced to improvise

Era broma, claro, porque lo más temible de la vejez no es la soledad, sino la dependencia.

El espejo, como las fotografías, era un enemigo inclemente, porque la mostraban inmóvil con sus defectos expuestos sin atenuante.

Quería hacer el amor con alguien que sintiera como ella. Quería ser aceptada sin nada que ocultar o fingir, conocer al otro profundamente y aceptarlo de la misma manera. Quería a alguien con quien pasar la mañana del domingo en la cama leyendo los periódicos, a quien tomarle la mano en el cine, con quien reírse de tonterías y discutir ideas.

I only liked talking to her because I felt that she didn't judge me for what I had been a part of; she looked at me with the same inviting eyes and welcoming smile that said I was a child.

Now the red caps scanned the crowd for whoever might be eyeing them displeasingly. And yet if you turned away, this might also be interpreted as a sign of disrespect. It was hard to know how, or where, to look. No one with eyes, in other words, was safe

Security is always going to be a cat and mouse game because there'll be people out there that are hunting for the zero day award, you have people that don't have configuration management, don't have vulnerability management, don't have patch management.

I'm not a gun nut, but go out on my porch. Look around - what's there? Zero, nothing. If I had a problem out here, well, the police would arrive just in time to draw the chalk outline on my floor.