Quotes About Vulnerability

Cinta butuh dipelihara. Bahwa di dalam sepak terjangnya yang serba-mengejutkan, cinta ternyata masih butuh mekanisme agar mampu bertahan. Cinta jangan selalu ditempatkan sebagai iming-iming besar, atau seperti ranjau yang tahu-tahu meledakkanmu--entah kenapa dan kapan. Cinta yang sudah dipilih sebaiknya diikutkan di setiap langkah kaki, merekatkan jemari, dan berjalanlah kalian bergandengan...karena cinta adalah mengalami.

Problemku terbesar adalah memercayai spesies Homo sapiens. Termasuk diriku sendiri. Padahal, manusia terlahir ke dunia dibungkus rasa percaya. Tak ada yang lebih tahu kita ketimbang plasenta. Tak ada rumah yang lebih aman daripada rahim ibu. Namun, di detik pertama kita meluncur keluar, perjudian dimulai.

Kebenaran akan menelanjangi dirinya dengan sendiri dengan cara tak diduga-duga.

Menjadi kuat bukan berarti kamu tahu segalanya. Bukan berarti kamu tidak bisa hancur. Kekuatanmu ada pada kemampuanmu bangkit lagi ketika berkali-kali jatuh. Jangan pikirkan kamu akan sampai dimana dan kapan. Tidak ada yang tahu.

Luke hadn't been nervous when he'd disarmed a cold-eyed gunslinger in an El Paso saloon. Nor when he'd charged the hideout of the notorious Miller Gang. Nor when he'd single-handedly subdued a mob. But as he tied Honey Dew to Georgie's hitching post, his hands shook, his forehead beaded with sweat, and his mouth went dry. He blew out a long breath. It was just a woman. And she was tiny as a cricket bug.

She shoved open his shirt, then wrenched his undershirt from his trousers and scrunched it up to his armpits with a quick strokes. Lips parting, she swept her gaze from his torso to his eyes. Jaw clamped against the spasm, he managed a wink. "Not bad for a dying man, huh?

We have some talking we need to do." She swallowed, but said nothing. He kneaded her waist while caressing her ribs with his thumbs. "I want to kiss you." Her gaze dropped briefly to his mouth. "Why?" A reason. He needed to give her a reason. "That's what we need to talk about.

What must I say? What must I say? What must I say? What must I say? And finally, What must I say to you?

Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.

The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

The willingness to reach inside every part of yourself opens the door to total understanding. You place your entire identity on the line, not just an isolated part. This may sound daunting, but actually it's the most natural way to approach any situation. When you hold some part of yourself in reserve you deny it exposure to life; you repress its energy and keep it form understanding what it needs to know.

If all of the steps of surrender are present, then a great Rembrandt or Monet will evoke love because the artist is simply there in all his naked humanity.

that's how love is. It creates pain and joy at the same time, and for the same reason, because deeper aspects of ourselves are brought to light. The openness that love brings, if you are lucky, isn't just being open to the best things in life. You also feel like a child again, and that brings a sense of need that is very vulnerable.

But you can't be alive without feelings, and you can't feel unless you expose your vulnerability.

Second, withdraw from shaming others. This behavior is a disguise for you. You think that if you gossip, tear people down, try to look superior, or in any other way go on the attack, you will find protection from your own vulnerability. In reality, all you are doing is immersing yourself in the culture of shame. Step away; you can't afford to be there any longer.

Once you get past the fearsome exterior, all inner monsters are weak, frightened, and alone. You long ago rejected this part of yourself, therefore it appears to you as a child of your own making that wants to be back with you. Now ask yourself, why did it turn into a monster?

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw scripture.

instead of fighting everything so much, you could just open your heart and see where it leads you.

Cate felt that just by looking at them, people might have guessed that something was wrong, that something had frightened them; and that fear was like a wire which connected them with each other and isolated them from everyone else.

To hide feelings when you are near crying is the secret of dignity.

Like a nocturnal flower there in the shadow I shall softly open for you.

Some of my fans have said that because I've been able to speak about my issues, that they're not afraid to speak about theirs, which is an amazing feeling.

Sometimes you don't know who you can and cannot trust. I still learn that over and over again.

I'm honest about the journey I've been on, so I definitely don't take dating lightly anymore.