Quotes About Vulnerability

That's the hardest part, being strong enough to let the hurt in, and deal with it, and then let it settle in time, as it will.

subject for discussion. What terrible messes we get ourselves into when we are silly enough to fall in love

Sometimes doing things was easier than talking about things. Doing revealed less; talking exposed more, including the parts that could get hurt.

as if we both weren't crying, "this guy, he says, 'Be grateful for every scar life inflicts on you.' He says, 'Where we're unhurt is where we are false. Where we're wounded and healed is where our real self gets to show itself.' That's where you get to show who you are.

I stroke her lightly, memorizing her body. I want her to melt into me, like butter on toast. I want to absorb her and walk around for the rest of my days with her encased in my skin. I lie motionless, savoring the feeling of her body against mine. I'm afraid to breathe in case I break the spell.

With every word it seemed to Mary that her hopes were crashing around her ears. She had secretly believed that she was living in a dream world but having her dreams shattered so suddenly by a cruel complacency was like the twisting of a knife in her too vulnerable heart.

You are one of those courageous people who want to dare to live; and to do so believe you have to explore the depths of yourself, undistracted and unprotected by social conventions and norms.

maybe you are only a drop in a bucket—or a teaspoon in a desert—but there are some fragile plants that will die if your teaspoon goes away.

My enemies are everywhere. And sometimes, those we least suspect turn out to be our biggest threats.

It's not fun to keep secrets, but sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you. - Meredith, p112

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have them in the open

It's like when someone says, 'How are you?' do you say, 'Well, mt head hurts and I'm lonely and depressed and I'm worried about everything and the world is collapsing and full of evil? Or do you say, I'm fine?

It's like you're reading a book and every time someone's tearing the pages.

The best you can do is be honest with the people you love and hope that they'll care enough about you to listen.

Secrets can eat you alive. They break down your soul. It's better to have things out in the open.

Unless these people saw her cracks. Unless they got too close and realized that she was ruined inside.

I didn't want to talk, mostly because I didn't cry, mostly because I was numb. But didn't they realize I was trying to spare them from my pain?

It's not fun to keep secrets. But sometimes you have to do it to protect yourself. And to protect people around you.

Scarlet and I hadn't . . . done things . . . in a long, long time." A blotch of red crept up Jack's neck. "So when she said that—it was for the camera. For her audience. There's no way it was true. Or, well, there's no way it was mine.

to the bone instead of her own

Our children make us so vulnerable. Our parents too, I suppose.

When you fake emotion for a living, when you make your money providing fantasies for other people, tuning into their worlds and indulging them, you don't invite someone into your world very easily.

My room is like a bit of June, Warm and close-curtained fold on fold, But somewhere, like a homeless child, My heart is crying in the cold.

Every time that love has made me weep, I have rejoiced that love could be so strong.