Quotes About Vulnerability

when put in a room with both parents, would almost always embrace the abuser.

She never had to save herself. She never knew she could.

There are four statements that lead to wisdom...You need to learn to say: I don't know. I'm sorry. I need help, and I was wrong. Chief Inspector Armand Gamache

Better to bloom even for an instant, if that's your nature, than live forever in hiding.

How far away the shore must seem when you're on thin ice.

You know Gabri, he wears his heart on his sleeve.' In fact, there were times Olivier wondered whether Gabri hadn't been born inside out. Before

They stole the files of everyone who was involved in the raid. Who came to you for help. Who told you everything. All their fears, their vulnerabilities. What they want from life. What matters to them. A road map in their heads.

There are four statements that lead to wisdom...You need to learn to say: I don't know. I'm sorry. I need help, and I was wrong.

She was scared to death. She was killed by her beliefs. By someone taking advantage of them.

It was one of life's little mysteries that this woman she had absolutely no respect for, could lay her flat. She thought she'd been ready for it. She'd even dared to harbour a hope that maybe this time would be different. But of course it wasn't.

I'm sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don't know. He'd

the four sentences that lead to wisdom. He'd said them only once, never repeating them. But once had been enough for Gamache. I'm sorry. I was wrong. I need help. I don't know.

She was fierce because she was afraid. Of everything. The rest of the world saw a strong, noble lioness. He looked at his daughter and saw Bert Lahr, though he'd never tell her that. Or her husband.

You don't want to go into your head alone, mon petit. It's a very scary place.' The

You don't want to go into your head alone, mon petit. It's a very scary place.

I've never had anyone say they love me before. Libby lobes me, that is true, but there is something a bit menacing about the way she says it.

It's always struck me as funny that guys with scars get a reputation for being hard. It's the ones that cut them you should be looking out for, right?

The plain truth, I may as well admit it, is that I've never been really right in the head.

The first victims are always the children.

The deepest moments of intimacy occur when you're not talking.

When sex is readily available, it becomes far less of an issue. The anxiety of deprivation is gone, the dread of making excuses is gone; the guilt of withholding is gone. Talk about a great way to improve your relationship without talking!

Fear. It was happening all over again. That sickly helpless feeling that spread with its icy fingers, slowly eating up all faith and hope.

Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me, And drench me in loneliness.

Not to fear a person with power--to profess, instead, one's love--is to deny that that person has power.