Quotes About Vulnerability

Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.

What it comes down to, you see, is that a naked body is just a naked body. But the possibility of a naked body is something special.

I love you,' she said. She nestled closer, her hand moving up the back of his neck. The wind lifted. 'Don't kill me,' he said. 'I'm not going to,' she said.

I could no more marry a man about whom I could not make a fool of myself than I could marry one who made a fool of himself about me. Else had I long ceased to be a spinster.

Es gibt allerlei Arten, einen Menschen zu morden oder wenigstens seine Seele, und das merkt keine Polizei der Welt. Dann genügt ein Wort, eine Offenheit im rechten Augenblick. Dann genügt ein Lächeln. Ich möchte den Menschen sehen, der nicht durch Lächeln umzubringen ist oder durch Schweigen.

I don't like these cold, precise, perfect people, who, in order not to speak wrong, never speak at all, and in order not to do wrong, never do anything," said Henry Ward Beecher.

It is the privilege of those who fear love to murder those who do not fear it!

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.

At some point I believe one has to stop holding back for fear of alienating some imaginary reader or real relative or friend, and come out with personal truth.

For a long time now, every meeting with another human being has been a collision. I feel too much, sense too much, am exhausted by the reverberations after even the simplest conversation.

The first time is always the hardest...getting your heartbroken. The first time–it's always coming from outer space. You never see it coming, but it will be easier next time.

I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh.

I think we all have empathy. We may not have enough courage to display it.

Whining is not only graceless, but it can be dangerous. It can alert a brute that a victim is in the neighborhood.

Have enough courage to trust love one more time and always one more time.

She laid her head against his collarbone, and he kissed her temple. To her shock, she felt a shudder roll through his body about the same time she registered wetness against her skin. Tears. His tears. She started to turn around, but he tightened his grip. "Stay," he said in a choked voice. "Just let me hold you, baby. Just let me hold you.

Never be afraid to tell me anything," he whispered against her hair. "No matter how ashamed you might feel. I'll never judge you, Rachel. I love you.

You have more power, more control than you could possibly imagine. My heart is in your hands. That's not bullshit. I'm not saying stuff I think you want to hear in order to manipulate you. I can't be any more honest than this. I'm yours, baby. I'm putting it out there. My heart, my soul, it all belongs to you.

Sophie, honey, stop looking at me like that," Garrett said gruffly. "You'll have me convinced I'm going to die." "You're not?

He leaned against the door. Lord save her from men who leaned.

He drank, as a man is wont to do when confronted with his innermost emotions, particularly ones pertaining to the heart.

The flip side of this is that they will not tolerate criticism and can be scathing of anyone who criticizes them. They will often attack and belittle the person who is being critical, instead of dealing with the points the person is making. They do this usually because they have no defence against the criticism, they have been found out. So it's easier to destroy the reputation of the critical person instead.

Ne treba ?ovjek da se pretvori u svoju suprotnost. Sve što u njemu vrijedi, to je ranjivo. Možda nije lako živjeti na svijetu, ali ako mislimo da nam ovdje nije mjesto, bi?e još gore. A željeti snagu i bezosje?ajnost, zna?i svetiti se sebi zbog razo?arenja. I onda, to nije izlaz, to je dizanje ruku od svega što ?ovjek može da bude. Odricanje svih obzira je prastari strah, davna suština ljudskog bi?a koje želi mo?, jer se boji.