Quotes About Vulnerability

Give me everything you have," I told [Preston]. "Really, Cammie. I never knew you thought of me that way.

Tell me Zach." I don't know if it was the wind or the adrenaline, but I shivered. "And don't lie to me.

It's the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.

She pulled away and looked at him. 'I kissed you and you left.' When Kat heard the pounding, she thought it was the beating of her heart. It was too loud, she thought. Hale was going to hear it; he was going to see it; and he was going to know how much power he had to hurt her.

You're following me," I say. "Yes, I am." "That's really annoying." "I'm sure it probably feels that way, yes." I stop. "I can take care of myself." Overhead, the gas in the streetlamp surges. It grows brighter, harsher. There are no shadows anywhere as he looks at me. "That's exactly what worries me.

Enemies are nothing compared to traitors, after all. It's the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.

And I remembered with a pang what had happened to me the previous summer - that even Gallagher Girls aren't always as strong as they need to be.

No," Preston snapped. But he didn't protest long because, if I'm going to be honest-which is kind of the point of these reports-I was already unzipping his pants.

One day, you will see that the heart is not always as wise as it is strong.

Somtimes people run to see if you'll ever come after them. -Joe

Hope is a delicate thing. A dangerous thing.

It's not safe out there," he says, too close to my ear. "Yeah...well..." I look at him. "Maybe it's not safe in here either.

Or maybe crying is like everything else we do- it's best if you don't get caught.

You know, it's okay to admit a little weakness now and then, Cammie. It won't kill you. In fact, I hear it makes you stronger.

But that's the thing about being the girl who's spent years convincing the world she's not afraid of anything: At some point, someone is going to find out you're afraid of everything.

But even the Gallagher Academy hadn't figured out a way to help us protect our hearts.

For the first time he's not looking at me like I'm dangerous. He's looking at me like I'm broken. It's a look I know too well.

I've been wrong, and I've been crazy. But this is the first time I've ever truly felt like a fool.

Hey," I said. How are you?" Liz moved from the end of my bed and Zach eased closer, carefully like I was still too fragile. "I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to be asking you that." He leaned down and kissed the top of my head. "Remind me to kill you later for going off like that." "It hurts when I laugh," I told him. "Good. Because I'm not joking.

Hush, little princess, wait and see. No one's gonna know that you are me.

it kept him from seeing the tears that were forming at the corners of my eyes, threatening to test the waterproofness of Macey's new mascara

Even at the Gallagher Academy, they don't teach you to break somebody's heart.

I can't help but stare at his swollen eye and bruised jaw. He looks like the god of war, damaged and scarred, but still standing. I'm not thinking as I reach up and gently run a finger across his battered face.

Kiss me, Zach." I pressed up against him, cold and alone. I didn't want to fight. I wanted to be warm and safe again, "Kiss me.