Quotes About Vulnerability

He hadn't even advised Peter about the existence of such women as this one he'd fallen in with, the kind who could make a man feel like something not quite a man and accomplish it in a way no other man, however jeering and contemptuous, could do.

Protection was my strong suit. I needed something to be protected from. I

Sully understood this to be true, though it was a fairly recent phenomenon. Ruth had witnessed and reported it with considerable irritation. It couldn't have been the case when he was married to Vera, because his wife had kept a careful, detailed list of the things he did of which she disapproved, and she was not the sort of woman to hold anything back. She surely would have mentioned it if he'd slept with his eyes open.

Bottomless need. What Miss Rosa didn't seem to understand was that this accurately described not only most children but also the scared child that lived, at least part of the time, deep inside most adults.

The very nature of the objective universe turns any spiritual faith and ideals into courageous acts of subjectivity , constantly vulnerable to intellectual negation.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little, but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite so much love for her.

You look like an accident going somewhere to happen

I thought they was hard and I acted hard. He paused, then whimpered in confession, But I ain't hard, Mr. Max. I ain't hard even a little bit.... He rose to his feet. But.... I-I won't be crying none when they take me to that chair. But I'll b-b-be feeling inside of me like I was crying.... I'll be feeling and thinking that they didn't see me and I didn't see them....

It wouldn't be so scary with us around." Roo said philosophically. Tipping his cup, Parker shook more ice into his mouth and slanted Roo a look. "Not true. It's always scary with you around.

I wish you wouldn't look at me like that." Miranda frowned. "Like what?" "Like…you can see things I don't want you to see." "Too late." "Stop." She did her best to sound stern. "Now I know how Gage feels." "Except for the dimples." "Right. Except for those." "Not to worry, cher. You got a whole lotta other redeeming qualities.

I'm always defending you, and Roo's always been smarter than me. Roo would never get involved with somebody like you." Parker shot Etienne another helpless glance. "Is that good or bad?" "I wouldn't be doing any more talking right now, if I were you," Etienne advised him.

Which man among us is not, most of the time, possessed of the desire to curl himself into a foetal ball?

A confused and weak man hides his weakness and uncertainty with fiery speeches.

Once she was gone, I knelt next to Annabeth and felt her forehead. She was still burning up. You're cute when you're worried, she muttered. Your eyebrows get all scrunched together. You are not going to die while I owe you a favor, I said. Why did you take that knife? You would've done the same for me. It was true. I guess we both knew it. Still, I felt like somebody was poking my heart with a cold metal rod.

Annabeth pressed her lips to Percy's ear. "I love you." She wasn't sure he could hear her—but if they died, she wanted those to be her last words.

She looked at me, like she was drinking in the fact that I was still here. And I realized I was doing the same thing. The world was collapsing, and the only thing that really mattered to me was that she was alive.

Being a hero doesn't mean you're invincible. It just means that you're brave enough to stand up and do what's needed.

We've all got weaknesses. Me, for instance. I'm tragically funny and good-looking.

Look, I need to tell you something,' I continued. The words came stumbling out of me. 'I couldnt stand it if...I dont want you to---' Percy?' she said. 'You look like you're going to be sick.' And that's how I felt.

Leo," Hazel gasped, "I can't—my arms—" "Hazel," he said. "Do you trust me?" "No!" "Me neither," Leo admitted.

At first I was protecting you two because I promised. Now even if I hadn't promised, I would. You two are like kittens to me. I won't fail you again. I'll admit I got a lump in my throat. I'd never been called someone's kitten before. Sadie sniffled. She brushed something from under her eye. You're not going to wash us, are you?

You promised you would protect her Nico said. He might as well have stabbed me with a rusty dagger.It would've hurt less than reminding me of my promise.

But Grover's voice was already growing fainter. 'Sweet dreams. Don't let me die!

Still hiding, Cupid said, smashing another skeleton to pieces. You do not have the strength. Nico, Jason managed to say, it's okay. I get it. Nico glanced over, pain and misery washing across his face. No you don't, he said. There's no way you can understand. And so you run away again, Cupid chided. From your friends, from yourself.