Quotes About Vulnerability

There is intimacy in pain.

Ansiaba una presencia a su lado, en todo momento. Unos dedos que rozaran ligeramente su nuca y una voz que se uniera a la suya en la oscuridad. Alguien que la esperara con un paraguas para acompañarla a casa bajo la lluvia, y sonriera abiertamente al verla llegar. Que bailara con ella en el balcón, cumpliera sus promesas y conociera sus secretos, que creara un pequeño universo allí donde se encontrara, solo con abrazos, susurros y confianza.

He would recognize this later as the moment his center of gravity shifted: from being one of one—a pillar alone, apart—to being half of something that would fall if either side were cut away.

Staring at herself in the mirror, she found that she'd lost the ability to see herself through her own eyes. She was only what humans would see. Not a girl or a woman or someone in between. They wouldn't see her loneliness or fear or courage, let alone her humanity. They would see only obscenity. Calamity.

I might PUNCH you instead and trust that you won't punch me back because of my endearing smallness. It would be like punching a child. (Or a badger.)

I want very much to carpe you," it says. "I may try to surprise you, though, if that's okay. Also, I can't feel my face and hands.

Let's just get this out of the way so I can relax. Karou, your friends aren't going to eat us, are they?" No, Karou thought. They are not. She whispered back, "I don't think so. But try not to look delicious, okay?" She was rewarded with a snort from Zuzana. "That poses a problem, seeing as how we are totally delicious.

Having hope was like dangling himself over a chasm and putting the rope in her hands. She could annihilate him if she wanted to.

now, she had to be strong enough to look weak.

There was a kind of euphoria, he had discovered, in nearly dying and then not.

The scenario made her hyperaware of her powerlessness. If, some day, the door didn't open, she would be alone.

Pedir ayuda no implica debilidad.

from this day on, whenever he sought to master a woman, whether by threat or strength or even with a look, the fear would flare and overtake him -- so wild and sudden it would drop him to his knees to cower in terror, gibbering for solace from his distant, punishing god.

She had said she didn't feel fear, but it was a lie; this was her fear: being left alone.

Aralar?ndaki bu yeni çekim... astrald?. Sanki etraflar?ndaki hava yeniden ?ekilleniyordu ve Karou bunu ta içinde hissedebiliyordu -s?cak ve yumu?ak bir çekim. Ve bir an için elleri birle?mi?ken, Karou kendini devasa bir bo?luktaki güne?e çekilen bir y?ld?z ????? kadar güçsüz hissetti.

Folk går sönder. De kan inte alltid lagas. Men så var det inte den här gången (s. 363).

Defalarca bir araya geldikten sonra, her ?eyi bilmek isteyen a??klar?n i?tah?yla birbirlerine kar?? dürüst olmay? ö?renmi?lerdi. Her konu?mada ve dokunu?ta, her hat?ra ve dü?üncede, her koku ve m?r?lt?da bir ?eyler ö?reniyorlard?. Utangaçl?klar?ndan s?yr?ld?ktan sonra, gelece?i kabullenmi?lerdi: Bir gelecekleri vard? ve yokmu? gibi davranmayacaklard?.

She felt light as air and bright as danger.

If you want to see my hands, all you have to do is ask.

stop living in misery because you're concerned about how things would look to other people, or because you're too scared to put yourself out there

Anyone interested in mortgaging their house and getting stripped of their bank accounts can invest in share market these days. Everyday a new low level is being achieved and with that investors are turning paupers poorer. Across India these investors housing properties are up for sale at throwaway prices

Aneh, memang: selalu ada yang membuat terlena dan tak berdaya pada hujan, pada rintik dan aromanya, pada bunyi dan melankolinya, pada caranya yang pelan sekaligus brutal dalam memetik kenangan yang tak diinginkan.

All criticism hurts me. I'm so in the wrong business.

Close friendships are one of life's miracles--that a few people get to know you deeply, all your messy or shadowy stuff along with the beauty and sweetness, and they still love you. Not only still love you, but love you more and more deeply. I would do anything for my closest friends, and they would do almost anything for me, and that is about as spiritual a truth as you can get.