Quotes About Vulnerability

But he knows me better than I figured. He knows she matters to me." "And he'll count on that messing you up. You gonna let it?

It stunned him how much he could want her still, baffled him that she could be blind to how helpless he was under the clawing need for her. It infuriated him that she could, simply by existing, be his weakness. 'Hold

Just lean on me, Lieutenant." McNab wrapped an arm around her waist. "You try to cop a feel, I can still put you down." "Whatever your condition, Dallas, you still scare me." "Aw." Touched, she slung an arm around his shoulders. "That's so sweet.

Why did people always get tangled up with other people? Why put ourselves through this shit?

When she lay curled against him, her skin dewed from passion, there was still that small, cold place inside of her where the heat hadn't quite reached.

When Eve started to climb in, Roarke took her hand and tumbled her into his lap. "Hey." Mortified, she jabbed with her elbow. "I love to fluster her when she's on duty," Roarke said, wrestling Eve back onto his lap. "And how was your day, Peabody?" Peabody

He equates his worth with his penis, and also uses it as a weapon." "Okay, now I see it wearing a gold chain and toting a blaster. Stop now.

Roarke. She had to admit, maybe just this once, she enjoyed being swept up and carried off. Yes. I always thought too much emphasis, in society, advertisement, entertainment, was put on sex. Did you? I did. Grinning, she shifted her body, quick and agile, and overbalanced him. I've changed my mind, she said as they tumbled onto the bed.

Friendships were so damn complicated, so bound with sharp edges that could jab a hole through you at any given point.

She needed, he knew, the human touch. His touch. It humbled him that she found strength there. That what they found in each other steadied them both. Soft here, and tender, to reaffirm who they were, what they'd beaten back. And would always beat back together.

Full-out guts. That's what I first admired about you. Now it terrifies me." For the first time she moved to him, laid a hand on his cheek. Almost as soon as she had, she dropped her hand and stepped back again, embarrassed. "I've been a cop for ten years, Roarke, never had more than some bumps and bruises. Don't worry about it." "I think you're going to have to get used to having someone worry about you, Eve.

Do you . . ." "Do I steal, cheat, and smuggle now?" He turned and touched a hand to her face. "Oh, you'd hate that, wouldn't you? I almost wish I could say yes, then give it all up for you. I learned a long time ago that there are gambles more exciting for their legitimacy. And winning is so much more satisfying when you've dealt from the top of the deck.

A lot of nasty things grow out of love if it isn't... tended right. Jealousy, hate, resentment, suspicion.

the ground—she was a little thing, barely a hundred pounds—until the lack of oxygen had her going limp.

Perhaps I could-- She snarled at him, hunched protectively over her unit. You just want to show off. Would I be that small? To cut me down on this, you'd shrink to microscopic.

Mira got to her feet. "People who expect perfection in a mate miss a lot of fun—and sweetness.

What do you think hooks people together? Besides the physical. I mean, sex hooks all sorts of people together that don't work.

Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears?

No, prudent people didn't leave their feelings hanging out; didn't leave themselves vulnerable.

Was there anything more astounding or more frightening to a man, he wondered, than a strong woman in tears? "I've

Sex was a powerful tool to use or have used against you. Both of these women had wanted to wield it, to control it. In the end, it had killed them.

out both her hands, so when he crossed to the table

then simply held it while shame washed

Do you know what it is to find someone who accepts you for what you are, and is willing to love you anyway?