Quotes About Vulnerability

I bet it's easy for you," Celeste said, as she examined her fingers and toes. "What? Flirting?" "Yes." "Depends. There's flirting," Julie said, jokingly pushing her chest out, "and then there's flirting." She tapped the side of her temple. "It's the second one that's hard because you're putting more of yourself out there.

Being with you let me feel, feel everything , and I needed that. I remembered better with you, I healed better with you, and you made … you made everything real.

You don't want to miss out on people. If you assume everyone is out to get you, then you're going to shut them down before they have a chance to prove you wrong.

I like you," he says. "…I think there's something between us, and I'm very afraid that I'm going to do the wrong thing again and send you running. And I don't want that. If you're going to go running anywhere, I'd prefer that you come running to me.

We are engaged in a form of intimacy that scares the absolute hell out of me. It's as if there is a weight on my chest that I want to shove off, and I've never been this terrified before. Or this whole and hopeful and connected. My body starts to tremble. I want more of what I'm feeling, and I also want none of it.

You might be trying to trick me into sleeping with you." "Is it working? Because I am desperate to sleep with you.

She sniffed, aware that she'd become a blubbering mess in an instant. But that's what love does to you. Gut-wrenching, overpowering, crushing, fulfilling, complex, bring-you-to-your-knees love.

Finn is God: I reach between us and release the buckles that are holding us together. This is when I really panic. The ride up in the plane didn't scare me. Or the height or the jump or the noise. None of that scared me. Right now, only one thing does. Julie Seagle: Tell me. Finn is God: I'm terrified that when I undo that buckle and release you, that you'll get up and walk away from me. I can't think of anything more excruciating.

I need you, he begged. You're everything I'm not.

Hiding the truth will only cripple your emotional development.

She's fragile because you let her be fragile.

You've heard all of my stories. All of my pain. Let me hold some of yours.

But that's what love does to you. Gut-wrenching, overpowering, crushing, fulfilling, complex, bring-you-to-your-knees

Justin… I know that we do not care for clichés, but this is a rather large can of worms that you are attempting to pry open using a rusty can opener." "Like one of those old creaky ones you'd find in a summer rental home? With the super skinny handles that hurt?" Celeste laughed. "Yes. Like that." "I like worms. You can let the worms out. But only if you want. I won't make you talk about anything you don't want to.

When boundaries fall and truths come out, it can bring a closeness that is unshakable.

But that's what love does to you. Gut-wrenching, overpowering, crushing, fulfilling, complex, bring-you-to-your-knees love.

He could see it because he knew that lonely people hide secrets more than others.

You need songs that make you feel. Some make you strong, some make you weak. Some build determination, some tear you apart. But you need all of those.

My heart is a stupid asshole.

Let your world as you know it be blown to bits because you fall heart-crushingly head-over-heels for someone.

Good. I think I'm falling for you too. Let's not pull this chute.

Sometimes we are all so afraid to be honest with ourselves because we know that honesty will lead to somewhere." I wrote this ten years ago. "Can fear walk us to something better?

Did he repeatedly stab me in the heart, or did I just keep running into the knife he aimed at me?

If you love somebody; You better let it out; Don't hold it back; While you're trying to figure it out; Cause the only real pain a heart can ever know; Is the sorrow of regret; When you don't let your feelings show. So, did you say it, Did you mean it?