Quotes About Vulnerability

Il y a dans l'âme comme une phagocytose ; tout ce qui est menacé par le temps secrète du mensonge pour ne pas mourir, et à proportion du danger de mort. C'est pourquoi il n'y a pas d'amour de la vérité sans un consentement sans réserve à la mort.

She was close in her husband's arms; she clung to him; whatever of strangeness and slowness and insularity she might find in him, none of that mattered so long as she could slip her hands beneath his coat, run her fingers over the warm smoothness of the satin back of his waistcoat, seem almost to creep into his body, find in him strength, find in the courage and kindness of her man a shelter from the perplexing world.

Iubeste cu adevarat cel ce tremura cand isi marturiseste dragostea.

A moment of peril is often also a moment of kindness and affection. We are thrown off our guard by the general agitation of our feelings, and betray the intensity of those, which at more tranquil periods, our prudence at least conceals, if it cannot altogether suppress them.

I stand morally opposed to killing: war, executions, killing of the old and demented, the killing of children, unborn and born. . . . I believe that all of life is sacred and must be protected, especially in the vulnerable stages at the beginning of life and its end.

A re you going to kiss me now or what?" I finally blurted out. "No," he said. "Then why is your face like two inches away from mine?" I asked. "I just like to look at you," he said seriously. "I want to look at you." His expression was almost pained.

Lucrurile grele sporesc teama de a le spune.

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein.

ever there was a broken heart—one crushed and blighted by the rude grasp of suffering misfortune—it was Patsey's.

But we each do have to let go of what isn't working for us; face our deepest fears; ask for help; and be messy, vulnerable, and willing to give up being in control.

Ironic, huh? To keep that part of me alive, I have to be close to that which kills it.

This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.

Most people underestimate eyes. They're infinite. You look someone straight in the eye and your whole soul can be sucked out in a nanosecond. Other people's eyes are limitless and that's what scares me.

Relationships are a battle. They are a chess game. And what did I do? I just threw all my chess pieces down on the board at once, and said, Here! Have them all!

Emma, I'm sorry, I can't help you. This is a disaster. You're completely vulnerable. It's like going into battle in a nightie.

Is your life ruined? Is it such a disaster for people to know the truth about you?

Never tell a man all about yourself, it's bound to lead to trouble.

This is me, remember? retorts Suze. I know what you're like! You used to throw all your bank statements into the trash and hope a complete stranger would pay off your bills! This is what happens. You tell your friends your most personal secrets, and they use them against you.

I can't bring myself to move. Because as soon as I do, it will be time to be polite and matter-of-fact and back to normal. And I can't bear that. I want to stay here. In the place where we can say anything to each other. In the magic spell.

We don't choose our flaws, unfortunately.

Sometimes I worry my ideas might dry up', he says, an odd tone to his voice. 'I'm not sure who I'd be without them. Sometimes I think I'm really just an empty vessel floating about, downloading ideas and not much else.

Todo esse negócio de ser misterioso e distante é uma grande besteira. Todo mundo deveria compartilhar os segredos logo de cara.

Because the thing about letting people into your heart is, you can just push them out again. Easy.

If love is easy, then you're not doing it right. Tilda