Quotes About Vulnerability

They would repair the leaks in their eyes.

They were afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it...they died so as not to die of embarrassment...they were too frightened to be cowards." (p 20-21 "TTTC")

They were afraid of dying but they were even more afraid to show it. They found jokes to tell. They used a hard vocabulary to contain the terrible softness.

But I spose the women and the children was the closest. There's something about the men just stops them being able.

You can hide in someone else's rage - it blinds them

He was poor and foolish and people will always have a place in their hearts for the harmless.

It's a dangerous feeling getting noticed, being wanted. Getting seen deep and proper, it's shit hot but terrible too. It's like being took over. And your whole skin hurts like you suddenly grew two sizes in a minute.

The gun's slinky power has a special appeal to the young, the weak, the confused and the powerless. To those overlooked or spurned, access to a firearm is the spark of agency. With a gun in your hands, everything is possible. In a moment you imagine the respect it demands.

It was not the thought of seeing God that upset her. It was the thought of being seen.

She looked very much like one who is afraid to speak, because she might lose something precious that was hidden under her tongue.

Beauty is a nonviolent experience of near death, a warning that one is fragile, like everything else in the universe.

For beauty to work, there must be a surface capable of receiving the wound.

Death is powerful and compelling; life is fragile and shivery.

Fine," Vanto said. The musculature of his throat relaxes partially, but not fully. "Personally, I'd be a lot more concerned about him, but that's up to you. But I'm still the bottom man on the roster. Why do you even care about me?" "You are my translator. You hold my words in your hand, and their meanings. A misjudged translation will confuse or anger. A deliberate error could lead to death.

I don't have a method of stepping into the depths of your heart without getting it dirty. -Kuchiki Rukia

If it rusts, it can never be trusted If its owner fails to control it, it will cut him Yes, pride is like a blade

I can't protect you without holding a sword. I can't embrace you while holding a sword.

My innocence is a dying flower

We should not shed tears. That is a surrender of the body to the heart. It is only proof That we are beings that do not know What to do with our hearts

I'm a snake. My skin is cold. I have no heart. I slither…looking for prey with the tip of my tongue. I swallow the people I care about whole. That's the kind of creature I am. Don't you remember?

Remember that a sword held by someone who is about to die will never be able to protect anything

Ichigo! Don't die!! You don't have to try so hard. Just don't…get hurt anymore." "Sorry, Grimmjow. Looks like…I'm not allowed to sustain anymore damage.

Ichigo! Don't die!! You don't have to win. You don't have to try so hard. Just don't…get hurt anymore." "Sorry, Grimmjow. Looks like…I'm not allowed to sustain anymore damage.

Will you count with me My teeth marks On you