Quotes About Vulnerability

fellow,' said the Father of the Marshalsea, laying his hand upon his shoulder, and mildly rallying him—mildly, because of his weakness, poor dear soul;

remember how strong we are in our happiness, and how weak he is in his misery!

they had a weazen little baby, with a heavy head that it couldn't hold up, and two weak staring eyes, with which it seemed to be always wondering why it had ever been born. It

Die kleine Welt, in der das Leben von Kindern stattfindet, unabhängig davon, wer sie aufzieht, wird nichts so deutlich wahrgenommen und so deutlich gespürt wie Ungerechtigkeit. Die Ungerechtigkeit, die dem Kind widerfährt, mag nur eine Kleinigkeit sein, doch das Kind ist klein und seine Welt ist klein und sein Schaukelpferd ist im Verhältnis gesehen kaum kleiner als ein großes starkknochiges Jagdpferd.

In der kleinen Welt, in der das Leben von Kindern stattfindet, unabhängig davon, wer sie aufzieht, wird nichts so deutlich wahrgenommen und so deutlich gespürt wie Ungerechtigkeit. Die Ungerechtigkeit, die dem Kind widerfährt, mag nur eine Kleinigkeit sein, doch das Kind ist klein und seine Welt ist klein und sein Schaukelpferd ist im Verhältnis gesehen kaum kleiner als ein großes starkknochiges Jagdpferd.

All writers misspeak, revealing not what they thought they said, but almost what they were afraid to say.

Doctor, if something goes wrong, there is probably squat-all we can do about it, anyway. I'm sure you folks have been chatting about the ship that just came in so you're probably guessing the same thing I am: that if these Dornaani wanted to put their foot up our ass and wriggle their toes out our nostrils, I doubt there's a thing in creation we could do about it.

The state of interbeing is a vulnerable state. It is the vulnerability of the naive altruist, of the trusting lover, of the unguarded sharer. To enter it, one must leave behind the seeming shelter of a control-based life, protected by walls of cynicism, judgment, and blame.

When do you manipulate others for your own advantage? When I notice myself doing it, usually it is when I am feeling insecure.

The same interbeingness that makes us so immensely vulnerable also makes us immensely powerful. Remember this! Indeed, the vulnerability and the power go hand in hand, because only by relaxing the guard of the separate self can we tap into power beyond its ken. Only then can we accomplish things that are, to the separate self, impossible. Put another way, we become capable of things that we don't know how to "make" happen.

To be truly seen and heard, to be truly known, is a deep human need. Our hunger for it is so omnipresent, so much a part of our experience of life, that we no more know what it is we are missing than a fish knows it is wet.

The things we need the most are the things we have become most afraid of, such as adventure, intimacy, and authentic communication.

Jealousy injures us with the dagger of self-doubt.

Love is when you can be your true self with someone, and you only want to be your true self because of them.

They loved with a love that was frayed around the edges but strong at the seams.

No living thing is indestructible, except the mosquito that you try to swat in your bedroom at 3 o'clock in the morning.

Human beings can easily destroy every elephant on earth, but we are helpless against the mosquito.

Photography is a tough life: you can be taken, framed, exposed, shot, captured, and hung all in the same day.

Everyone has that one thing that's totally illogical, which if you really want to love that person, you've just got to accept.

Carelessness doesn't bounce — it shatters.

There is nothing safe about sex. There never will be.

De laatste persoon die zich mij herinnert als kind is heengegaan, zei ik tegen mijzelf. En toen pas begon ik te huilen, als een kind.

Eine Rose gebrochen, ehe der Sturm sie entblättert.

I loved all the boys with soft sad eyes, and lost souls.