Quotes About Vulnerability

Fear goes where it is invited.

It was frighteningly close to what he believed of his father at the worst moments - that he really was the kind of man who would send a letter signed Sincerely, Cpl. Peter Vilmos to someone he'd seen naked.

Falling to a low estate can do that—you see so much more of the world than you did before. You become very aware of how thin the line is, of how little safety exists.

Were all these castle folk in their ornate finery no more than confused souls hiding inside costumes, as the hard shells of snails protected the helpless, naked things that lived within them?

A couple I once knew from my university days told me, when they had their first child, that they had given a hostage to Fate and would never be comfortable again. I understand now. It hurts to love. It hurts to care.

Lead the way. Just remember that I'm not a very good climber. Not very good? Beetledown laughed. Like a dog with one leg, to put truth to it.

The strong never need to silence the weak, or they prove that they are the truly weak ones.

I hope not, but hope makes a flimsy armor

There can be few situations more fearful than breaking down in darkness on the highway leading to Casablanca. I have rarely felt quite so vulnerable or alone.

Para vivir una vida plena y gratificante —una vida feliz—, tenemos que permitirnos experimentar toda la gama de emociones humanas. En otras palabras, tenemos que concedernos el permiso para ser humanos.

Throw up Victor said. Bacteria, he believed, would run up his arms and gain access to his brain through his ear canals. Vomit. Puke. Spew. Disgorge. Regorge. Discharge- like excrement. Victor, stop it! Doll snapped. You're making me nauseous. Talk--vomit words. Sound and sound alike, he said.

Jann Arden singing in the background. The strange, voyeuristic lyrics of "Living Under June" touched off thoughts of her own

the thing a man fears most from a woman is that she'll laugh at him, and the thing a woman most fears from a man is that he'll kill her.

You fed it.' The badger sighed. 'Sometimes I think you'll feed anything .

Thus went my first Court Day. I think I'm going to puke.

Don't die on me, she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me. His eyes flickered open and he smiled. I didn't know you cared, he whispered. And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day. Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket! she whispered. Of course I care.

Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.

We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'.

If her rump were any stiffer, she'd break it every time she rides', I thought to Pounce. 'If she fell on the steps, they would never be able to put her together again', he replied.

We're just frisking like little captive lambkins.

You're brave, to admit you don't know everything and then do something about it.

Niko, these women deserve better than to have a monster pick them off one by one while those who should protect them say it's alright if they die, as long as they don't spread the pollution of their deaths around.

So, you learned you can't beat everything. So you learned your human. How sad.

One thing marriage counseling instilled in Hilton was a compulsion for open communication. Whether at home or at work, he knew that anything left unsaid was far more dangerous than spoken words could be, no matter how hurtful. His