Quotes About Vulnerability

I have always been scared of you,With your Luftwaffe, your gobbledygoo.And your neat mustacheAnd your Aryan eye, bright blue.Panzer-man, panzer-man, O You—

I didn't know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes and the sobs would fly out of the throat and I'd cry for a week.

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

And when at last you find someone to whom you feel you can pour out your soul, you stop in shock at the words you utter— they are so rusty, so ugly, so meaningless and feeble from being kept in the small cramped dark inside you so long.

Yes, I was infatuated with you: I am still. No one has ever heightened such a keen capacity of physical sensation in me. I cut you out because I couldn't stand being a passing fancy. Before I give my body, I must give my thoughts, my mind, my dreams. And you weren't having any of those.

There is nothing like puking with somebody to make you into old friends.

Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to the corner of arm and knee, eager to be reassured, taking pleasure in the fragrant brilliance of the Christmas tree.

Grace knocks us flat, preventing any form of self-congratulation.

One cannot have an enriched marriage when it is funded by an emotionally and spiritually bankrupt man.

soul survivor," someone who's willing to open up and examine the pain in order to lance the wound and perforate the power of the past.

Things that are covered don't heal well.

Our instincts may have even guided us to hide parts of ourselves in order to keep them alive when we were younger.

We claim we are not emotional, yet we are so sensitive that a vicious word from a cruel woman can leave the most manly of us impotent! A cutting statement can undermine the strength, vigor, and vitality of even the strongest of men. Most women greatly underestimate the power of their words to magnify or crush their husbands' strength.

Because we have offered no provision for sons and daughters who fall, many of our Adams and our Eves are hiding in the bushes.

No matter how strong we are, there is always something that can cause the heart to flutter and the pulse to weaken.

He alone whom we must trust to see the very worst in us, yet still think the very best of us.

It can be frightening to own your authentic self.

Samson entertained Delilah, and she infiltrated his heart and took his secrets. Avoid entertaining thoughts that will destroy your peace.

Strength in the wrong place is weakness. That's true of anyone's gift. If you're not using your greatest asset in the right way, it's a weakness. Your greatest strength might be your undoing

Sometimes when you're confused, you push away the people you shouldn't. You're either afraid of being hurt or of hurting them.

Perhaps it is those who are most vulnerable in their hearts who learn to grow the toughest skin.

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

One of the truest signs of strength is accepting one's own weaknesses.