Quotes About Vulnerability

But you stand up for me. You tell me the truth. You make me laugh, and you make me want. You let me be and feel who I am. And you fell in love with me even when you didn't want to.

I've got something for you inside me, Anna. He forgot his hands were grimy and laid them on her shoulders. I haven't used it up yet. This thing with you, it's one of the first times I haven't wanted to rush to the finish line.

Love, as he knew too well, could slice you to pieces and leave no visible scar.

porque quando o resto desaparecer, é isso que vai ficar. amo - te. { ... } raios, é uma coisa que vais ter de engolir de uma vez por todas. amo - te, e nunca esperei sentir isto por ninguém. mas é verdade.

She'd never been taken before, he realized. Not like this, where her surrender was complete, not when she couldn't separate some small part of herself to reach for control. And God, he wanted to take her, to destroy that fascinating and innate control.

I'm not your father. He cupped a hand under her chin. He saw the tears brimming, and her valiant attempt to hold them off. And neither are you. My being there for you, taking some of the weight doesn't make you weak. It doesn't make you less, Sophie.

Love's scary." Mrs. Grady let out a laugh. "Sure it is. You want safe? Find a nice puppy you can train to come to heel. Love's supposed to be scary." "Why?" "Because if there's no fear there's no thrill.

I didn't want to fall for anybody. It's so messy. I'm so happy it was you. I'm so happy to love you, Gulliver.

I learned you must always accept love when it's offered, always give it when it's needed. There might not be a second chance. And I know, too, that until your heart's been broken, you never know the full beauty of love.

I need you to trust me. Gennie. He took her hand and linked fingers. I do.That's what I've been trying to tell you. You haven't been doing a good job of it. No. He drew her closer. Let me try again. He kissed her, telling himself to be gentle and easy with her. But his arms locked and tightened, his mouth hungered. The spray shimmered over both of them as they stood entangled.

Was he supposed to let Fiona cry on his shoulder now? He hated being the shoulder. He never knew what to say or do. Pat, pat, there, there. What the f--k?

When he pressed his lips to her heart, she wanted to weep.

Do you think, Sam, that even if it were only my own heart at risk, I could pour it into your hands again? Then just take mine. I'm not doing anything else with it.

North If you don't tell her just that, if you don't give her your heart, Aidan, if you don't bare it for her and give her the time to trust what she sees there, you'll never have her.

He felt as if he'd tumbled off a cliff and fallen hard on his heart. Now his heart was swollen, exposed. And it was hers.

How do I know you'll stay? How do I know, if I let myself love you, that one day there wouldn't be someone else, something else, and you'd just walk away? I can handle being alone now, I know how. But I can't-- I won't be left again.

Es como saber que eres el centro, lo único que él ve, que solo te ve a ti. Y eso es tan tierno y excitante... es terrorífico, increíble. Es saber que sólo existe una persona que sólo te ve a ti. Y que cuando te toca, no existe nadie más para él.

put your faith and your emotions into the wrong hands, and he didn't respect either.

No matter how bad things are, and sometimes they were bad in our house, you want your mother to be there, to love you. And when she doesn't, you feel . . . less.

Because, he continued, skimming his fingers over her cheek, I'm as crazy about you as you are about me. That shut you up, didn't it? It's time, Sophia, we started dealing with it instead of dancing around it.

When people break your heart, pride's all you've got left. And pride, could turn cold and bitter without heart.

We'll have a sauna first. Oh,will we? Yeah. He hooked a hand in the waistband of her trousers and drew her closer. Open the pores a bit. In a quick move, he unhooked them, then drew them over her hips. Since you insist. Shelby began undoing his tie. Have you noticed, Senator, that most of the time you wear a great many more clothes than I? As a matter of fact... He slipped his hands under her blouse and found her. I have.

I love you. I'm in love with you. She heard absolutely nothing for ten full seconds. And when he did speak, she caught the faintest trace of fear mixed in with the annoyance. Hell. No good deed goes unpunished.

He meant what he'd said about taking her home. His home. When she didn't argue the point, he figured she was more shaken than she'd admitted.