Quotes About Vulnerability

There was a reason Titus tried not to become too close to mortals; he'd made mortal friends in his youth… and he mourned them to this day. Those who saw mortals as cattle had never danced close to their small, brilliant lights and been singed in the aftermath. It broke his heart to think of friends gone, gifts lost forever, dazzling

Her heart was tender. She probably felt shame for a transgression others would've long forgotten.

He also has a woman willing to walk in his darkness and not judge him. You don't know how much that means.

Watching Desiree's breasts rise as her lashes lowered, Felix had an epiphany. She was a dominant, yes, and pushy with it at times, but that didn't mean she had endless self-confidence. She had doubts and worries just like him, needed reassurance.

I was seduced by her beauty, my Lady. I was weak and she took advantage." "You are a fool.

Il va falloir qu'on discute de tes manières, murmura-t-il d'un ton plus amusé que contrarié. – Je pourrais te réduire l'esprit en bouillie si je le voulais. – Et alors qui te lécherait jusqu'à l'orgasme ? Nalini, Singh. Psi-Changeling 1: Esclave des Sens.

How can ya think 'bout economics feelin' like . . . this?" "Not many people can," Ron said. "That's the Lll's protection.

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

I knew then, in that small moment, that all my life I would be the kind of woman that inspired weakness in men. It was like my future stretched out in front of me and I could see it, a future of men turning to me for comfort, not passion. Men trusting me more than I wanted to be trusted. Men turning into boys, maybe even babies, in my arms. I would be the kind of woman who loved men into lesser, not finer, selves.

Miss Pickett...Lucy ~ for the love of heaven, may I call you Lucy? I've saved you from a ghost and a vamp attack. I've seen your naked back, and this marks the second time you've slept in my bed.

we named her Dorothy Ann. Dolly, for short. I kissed her warily, fearful of the pain of loving her, love her, though love her I did; fearful lest she hurt me by dying.

A lad who wears his every thought upon his face is asking for someone to change his opinions.

That man makes me feel like I have my bonnet on backwards.

How fragile our lives are anyway. How quickly things can change forever.

Well, there is rough old Albert, as ornery as any big brother a girl could have, putting his arm around Savannah and cooing to her like a repenting hound dog, and promising her she is not common nor shameful. I watched all this and thought you just never know sometimes what's in a man's heart. When you think he is all tough nails and boards he can be different on the inside. It makes me wonder about other men I know, too.

To say something nice about yourself, this is the hardest thing in the world for people to do. They'd rather take their clothes off.

No man can be really free in bed with a woman who is not.

Me voy a ir, Liza. No… no quiero hacerte daño. No creo que tú quieras esto, así que el daño ya te lo he hecho, y… Oh, Dios, Liza, no quiero… Me… me gustas un montón. Ya te lo dije, me haces sentir que soy real, más de lo que jamás pensé, más viva que… Eres… eres mejor que cien Californias, pero no solo eso, es que…

oh, Liza, I don't want to hide the—the best part of my life, of myself.

I don't want to pretend any more. You make me—want to be real.

How can something make you so weak and so strong at the same time?

L'image de ta Berlinoise en train de flotter d'un lit à l'autre, ne m'attire pas comme elle a l'air de t'attirer. A la longue, on s'en laisse : on est tellement perméable qu'on se sent devenir transparent, et quand on rencontre (par exemple) un couple qui vit ensemble et dans le même village depuis cinquante ans, on en pleurerait...

La langue anglais fait la distinction entre deux types de nudité: alors que "nude" implique le recul, le regard qui cadre et met à distance, "naked" fait sentir toute la vulnérabilité d'un corps dévêtu, exposé, intime ou intimidé. (p.170)

World-wide warming moved tropical diseases into northern areas which had no defenses against them.