Quotes About Vulnerability

Les boutiques de fleuristes n'ont jamais de rideau de fer. Personne ne cherche à voler des fleurs.

Age, that acquaints us with infirmities in ourselves, should make us tender in our reprehension of weakness elsewhere.

For my own good, I want to hang out with people who want to find out what it would be like to live in such a way as to leave no unspoken words, no unfinished business; I want to be with people who are hungry for the truth, who want to spend time learning and sharing what they have learned rather than defending their images or reputations.

When you are lying, when you are keeping a secret, when you are withholding information or feelings in any moment, you are always doing that to protect something meaningless.

The kind of lying that is most deadly is withholding, or keeping back information from someone we think would be affected by it.

Many of us won't express anger with a loved one. We believe that if we expressed our resentment, it would destroy our relationship and our beloved would leave us.

People have sex. All kinds of sex. I find it impossible to write about relationships without including sex. It seems unrealistic and irresponsible.

I'm staring at this girl who I know would break me if I loved her but I can't help it.

there's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else.

In this world, there was nothing scarier than trusting someone. But there was also nothing more rewarding.

Coming close to death is a humbling experience.

Being married means I can break wind and eat ice cream in bed.

you have to be ready for pain. One doesn't come without the other. If I didn't love you, I wouldn't have to worry about losing you.

Im selben Moment Otto mir seine Faust in den Bauch. Luft strömte aus meiner Lunge. Ich klappte in der Hüfte wie ein Koffer zusammen.

Death is so close, always, a breath away

when you spend that much time with a person, you get a chance to see the facade slip away sometimes.

The good is fragile.

Technology did more than depersonalize; it ripped your life wide open, gutted you, stripped away any pretense of privacy.

You think dragging the ugly out in the sunlight will destroy it. It doesn't. Just the opposite. You give the ugly thing life nourishment.

The risk was greater, far greater, when you let your target or enemies work with impunity. Remove

He stared at Ryan and felt that overwhelming feeling he sometimes got when he looked at his boys—part pure joy, part fear of what could happen to them in this cruel world, part wishes and hopes, all blended together in the only thing in this entire planet that felt completely pure.

It was while he was lost in that thought that Granite Man punched him deep in the stomach. The fist followed through to the point where it seemed the knuckles must have reached the fabric of the couch. Myron snapped closed at the waist. He dropped to the floor, struggled to regain a breath, suffocating from within. He lowered his head to his knees, consumed with one thought: air. He needed air. Susan

Uh-huh," Loren said. "Do me a favor, Lance. Pretend I'm your wife and skip the foreplay.

She started for the bedroom. I reached for the door to the corridor. "Myron?" I turned toward her. She stood facing me full. She was beautiful and vulnerable and strong and she stood like she was readying to take a blow and I wanted to jump in the way and protect her. "What?" I asked. "I love you," Terese said. She