Quotes About Vulnerability

There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body. - Jean-Claude

I'm not afraid of heights, but the idea of falling from them, well, that I'm afraid of.

What was I supposed to say?.....did I tell them the Master had the hots for me, so I'd probably be okay? -Anita

There are a thousand ways to hurt someone you love that have nothing to do with physical violence.

being physically intimidating didn't keep you from getting your feelings hurt. Everyone's heart is the same size.

What had my scary thought been? That Olaf was sincere. In some crazy,pathological way, he like-liked me. As in boyfriend-liked me. Not just for fucking or slaughter, but maybe, just maybe, he actually wanted to date me like one human being to another. He seemed to have no clue how to interact with a woman in a way that wasn't terrifying, but he was trying. Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, he was trying.

You awful hard to kill, Anita.' 'There's a first time, Luther, and that's all it takes.

That was the true terror of love, that you could love with your whole heart, your whole soul, and lose both

If I went in the cage, I was going to end up eaten alive. That was actually one of my top five ways not to die...

I'll do my bit tonight, but forgive me if it's a little harder to keep going than normal. Forgive me if I'm not superwoman after all. Not superwoman? he exclaimed, putting a hand on his chest in mock surprise. You've lied to me all these years!

Your heart is not a wound to be poked at to see if the scab is ready to come off. You can be healed of that very old pain, if you'll just let it happen. (Marianne)

What does it mean when the monsters are so afraid of you that you make them cry? That maybe monster depends on which end of the gun your on, or that I was just that good at my job.

The only part of love that is blind is that first rush of endorphins and craziness; after that wears off, no one knows you as honestly, warts and all, as the people who love you, truly love you.

I didn't want to pick at Micah and me until we unraveled. I wanted to leave it alone and enjoy it. I just didn't know how to do that.

just because it's childish and unfair doesn't mean it isn't the way I felt. Stupid, but true.

That's what underwear is for, girls, so if an emergency happens you only show your cookies to the people you love.

it was more like two scared kids huddling in the dark when they knew the monster under the bed wasn't just real, but was holding a grudge.

At least I'm not dead. That can be remedied. Jean-Claude & Richard

If you love someone your freedom is curtailed, if you love someone you give up much of your privacy, if you love someone you are not merely one person but half of a couple, to think or behave any other way is to risk losing that love.

Everyone turned towards me. The two female vamps smiled, most unpleasantly. They looked at me like I was a piece of candy and they wondered what sort of center I had. Soft and gooey, or hard with a nut in the middle? I'd had men undress me with their eyes, but I'd never had anything trying to picture what I'd look like with my skin off. Yikes.

You have a high opinion of yourself, Anita. Confident. I like that. Always so much more entertaining to break someone strong. The weaklings fold and cry and snivel, but the brave ones, they almost demand that you hurt them. He stalked towards me, reaching out one white spider-hand. Do you want me to hurt you?

because love can die from being withheld, like a flower that is so beautiful you hide it away from the sun trying to make it last longer; but every flower needs sun, and being in love requires risking yourself. It can require risking everything you are, not just in battle, but emotionally. Sometimes you have to risk it all to gain it all.

Sex is one of the most personal things we do as people. To have someone who says she loves you limit how you express yourself in the bedroom is like a small death. It kills the soul.

A very ex-boyfriend once described me as a little china doll. He meant it as a compliment. I didn't take it that way. There are reasons I don't date much.