Quotes About Vulnerability

Children don't write their own tragedies. That is the work of adults.

Tímido y sin estrategia frente al mundo y, sobre todo, frente al amor, Unamuno supo parapetarse entre sus medias luces del norte, salir a dar gritos y vivir emboscado, a la defensiva en su agresividad. Agresividad hosca de alguien que se esconde detrás de sus propias voces como una braña.

Dejar entrar a alguien en la vida de uno es abatir los muros construidos para protegerse, no esperar a que el otro los derribe.

Cuidado, o coração acaba por se rasgar quando o puxamos demais.

Vidiš", re?e on sjedaju?i, "to je ?udno, ali pronalazimo svakojake razloge ne bismo li sprije?ili sebe da volimo, zato što se plašimo da ?emo patiti, da ?emo jednog dana biti ostavljeni. Volimo, me?utim, život, iako znamo da ?e nas on jednog dana napustiti.

Luc m'a pris dans ses bras. Je crois qu'il pleurait un peu, et je crois que moi aussi. C'est idiot, deux hommes qui sanglotent dans les bras l'un de l'autre. Peut-être pas, finalement, quand ce sont deux amis qui s'aiment comme des frères.

Como dice una canción, me ha rozado el alma y me la ha cambiado, ¿cómo perdonarle el haber hecho nacer en mí las ganas de querer y de que me quieran?

Con la voz enternecida por las sonrisas, me dijiste que siempre había que cortar por debajo del capullo, pues si no se corría el riesgo de herir a la rosa; y un hombre jamás debe herir a una rosa, ¿no es así? Pero ¿quién piensa en lo que hiere a los hombres?

Det finns en märklig paradox i en spirande kärlekshistoria. Man blir ängslig. Rädd för att tala om för den andra parten att man inte kan låta bli att tänka på henne eller honom hela tiden. Man vill ge allt, men man snålar, hushållar med lyckan som om den gick att spara, lägga på hög. Kärlekens begynnelse är lika idiotisk som bräcklig.

You dream of a perfect love story, but you're too afraid to let yourself go.

Why do we always have to 'fall' in love?" "Because when it hurts, you have to pick yourself back up again." "And when it doesn't hurt?" "Then you stop falling, and you just love.

Es fácil amar a alguien cuando no se le puede alcanzar; así no se corre ningún riesgo

Le risque d'aimer, c'est d'aimer autant les défauts que les qualités, ils sont indissociables.

The bad news is if someone is charging you, it can take multiple shots before the collective trauma causes him to collapse. In the meantime, he can still potentially close the distance and bury a knife in your chest. That's known as the "Deadman's Ten" (when someone fatally wounded can still keep attacking anywhere from ten seconds up to two minutes).

I am beginning to see how grief has transformed me, humbled me, opened me up, cut through the bullshit of my being. It's not growth anyone wants to do. It's growth that has been thrust upon us, ripped from us, has come from being punched in the soul and kicked in the heart. You have no choice.

I think a lot of comedy comes from hypersensitivity, from being too vulnerable to deal with life and needing to preemptively protect yourself.

That is a metaphor for every adult relationship I've had. "Hey baby, we're going down. Get in." You

People don't talk to each other about real things because they're afraid of how they'll be judged.

That's an animal fable about humility. If you survive your mistake, you must learn from it. Accept that you're fragile, vulnerable, and sometimes stupid. Realize that you're not immortal and you've got to take care of yourself. And then laugh it off and fly away.

People don't talk to each other about real things because they're afraid of how they'll be judged. Or

Monasteries had been targeted by raiders from the very first because they were easy prey,

and they also knew that they were undefended.3

WILL finds the loose end and spins her naked.

As WILL embraces her, VIOLA's eyes flicker open (shielded by WILL from the audience) and the lovers look at each other for a moment as WILL and VIOLA rather than as 'ROMEO' and 'JULIET.' Their eyes are wet with tears.