Quotes About Vulnerability

Marianne's face was streaked with tears that glistened like acid and her skin was drained of color and she could not bring herself to look at Dr. Oakley behind his desk, nor at Corrine.

Yet: what could be proven against Zachary Lundt, with no witness except Marianne? Her words against his? Zachary's friends would rally around him, she knew. She was not bitter, but she knew. It was clear to her, logical as a chess game in which you see your opponent's devastating moves to come, but are helpless to prevent them.

Ante tus enemigos, aconsejaba el padre de Rebecca, es tan prudente ocultar tu inteligencia como esconder tus debilidades.

Nakedness is a luxury. The confidence required in making yourself vulnerable. Taking for granted that in the night you will not leap from your bed, fight off an assailant, run outside, run into the street crying for help … Exquisite luxury of bare feet.

Once you own things you have to be afraid of them. Of losing them.

the terrible intimacy of pregnancy

Sleeping with another person is a responsibility, a trust: you must not intrude into the other's dreaming.

She realizes: the man's power is to intimidate, to make you ashamed. But your power over him is the power of laughter.

as men were smudged and stained by crying.

I stand before you, naked as clear water. To be with you, in blood and soul into your fire storm. Even at your darkest when your heart is a Black Forest, I stand with commitment .

The murderer is not protected! He is vulnerable. TO

Momma was terrified of being really poor, dirt-poor, and men would know, always men can sniff out the degree of your desperation Momma believed, and force you to do things you don't want to do or don't exactly want to do at that time or in that place or in that way. When you have your own money, Momma said, you have power. But you can lose it Goddamned fast.

if a man hurts you, and you show that hurt, and your eyes lock with his, he will never forgive you. For always you will be the girl he has hurt, which means you are the girl he can always hurt again. Mr.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

Sex is a drug, Eleanor had told me. When sex enters into a situation, people lose all reason. They do things they would never do otherwise. These things they do may be crazy. May even be dangerous. May break their hearts, or someone else's... The real drug, I came to believe, was love.

She felt everything so deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

God knows the mess we're in when He calls us. His light shines greater through "cracked pots" than it does through those who have it all together.

The Holy Spirit showed me that when I put up walls to keep others out I also wall myself into solitary place of confinement.

I was afraid to let other make any decisions, because I had no confidence they would be concerned for me.

Three things Jehoshaphat did were very important. First, he acknowledged he had no might to stand against his enemies. Second, he admitted he did not know what to do. And third, he said his eyes were on God. By saying these three things, Jehoshaphat put himself in position for a miracle.

People who have no capacity to trust suspect the motives of others. I know this is true because I had a real problem in this area. Even when other people told me they loved me, I was always waiting for them to hurt me, disappoint me, fail me, or abuse me. I figured that they must be after something; otherwise, they would not be nice to me. I just could not believe that anyone would want me just for myself. There had to be some other reason!

to fear is to run away from something due to an unpleasant emotion or feeling that we may suffer or be harmed.

Those who are easily offended and touchy are insecure.

Din moment ce nu exist? oameni perfecÈ›i ÅŸi cu toÈ›ii avem sl?biciuni, e imposibil s? fim într-o relaÈ›ie ÅŸi s? nu fim r?niÈ›i sau dezam?giÈ›i niciodat?.