Quotes About Vulnerability

I figure a friend has the right to offend you at least once.

He looked at me the way the male spider gazes at his beloved. He knows he's going to get eaten afterwards, but it'll be worth it.

In the human heart there is a built-in obsolescence factor. It does not matter how powerful and influential you are, how much education you have, how selfcontrolled or holy you consider yourself—your heart, if you do not guard it, will break down.

Misfortune finds the weak spot.

They show their little buds of teeth In peals of causeless laughter; They hide their trustful heads beneath Your heart. And stumbling after Come sweet, unmeaning sounds that sing To you. The father warms And loves the very dirt they bring Upon their little forms.

Be slow to love, but yet more slow With secret mate; With those whose hearts we do not know, Love turns to hate.

Love is know the pain of too much tenderness.

Eisenhower understood that Oppenheimer might well be the victim of scurrilous charges. But having ordered an investigation, he was not about to stop the process. Such a move would leave him vulnerable to a charge from McCarthy that the White House was shielding a potential security risk. So, the president sent a formal note to the attorney general, ordering him "to place a blank wall" between Oppenheimer and classified material

Einstein's instincts were right—and time would demonstrate that Oppenheimer's were wrong. "Oppenheimer is not a gypsy like me," Einstein confided to his close friend Johanna Fantova. "I was born with the skin of an elephant; there is no one who can hurt me." Oppenheimer, he thought, clearly was a man who was easily hurt—and intimidated.

She slowly turned her head and looked at him. At his attractive, open face that could turn dark and reserved within seconds. The curve of his lips. The green eyes that looked into her a little too far and that she couldn't defend herself against.

Wir hätten Freunde werden können, aber du weißt, wie es mit Freundschaften gehen kann. Enttäuscht der eine den anderen, können sie schnell in Hass umschlagen, viel schneller als gewöhnliche Bekannschaften. Wir neigen dazu, einem Menschen, den wir schätzen, einen Fehltritt viel ärger anzurechnen als einem Unbekannten.

Gehörte zur Unmenschlichkeit immer auch das Wissen um die wunden Punkte der Menschlichkeit?

Vulnerability may seem like a weakness, but in truth, it is a strength for being able to show you can be vulnerable, shows you are just human. And being just human is our strength. - STRONG: Powerful Philosophies for Timeless Thoughts.

You passed my test. I thought I could trust you. Let my guard down with you, Celes. Let myself feel…" he turns away. "What, Jack? What did you feel?" I ask, reaching out a hand to touch him, but suddenly I'm scared. Do I really want to hear the rest of it? - FADE by Kailin Gow

I can see that Drew is trying to be strong and not show any emotion, and I want to comfort him, so I let him hold me. The problem with doing that, of course, is that he's Drew. He only knows one way to interpret that kind of touch.", Loving Summer by Kailin Gow

Being an Indie is about freedom. Freedom to choose what to publish, how to publish, when to publish, and freedom from being vulnerable to sexual harassment from a big publisher/editor and the so-called "gatekeepers". Being Indie is true liberalism and feminism. - Strong by Kailin Gow

He looks shocked, and worse. He looks like he's on the brink of breaking down completely.", Loving Summer by Kailin Gow

He steps over to me, putting his arms around my neck and staring into my eyes. Somehow, it always comes as a surprise to see how much he loves me in moments like that. Maybe it's just that he keeps his emotions so shut down the rest of the time, or maybe it's just that I can't get the hang of anyone loving me that deeply.", Celestra Caine in FADE by Kailin Gow

Don't worry, you'll be fine!" "Oh?" "If you die, I'll bring you back!" "How…reassuring." "And then you'll be my little toy…eeee!

Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal.

I care. They bother me. And that's why I'm stupid. That makes me exponentially more stupid than stupid. I'm stupid to the power of stupid.

Lena's hair was sticking out in about fifteen directions, and her eyes were all small and puffy from crying. So this was what girls looked like in the morning. I had never seen one, not up close.

They adore you beacause they think you offer up your friendship and ask for nothing in return. But that's not true-' He took a deep breath. 'You do ask for something. You ask that we never expect you to need us.

I don't believe in love at first sight, neither do you. But I know...that sometimes it only takes a few minutes to recognize that a person is capable of breaking your heart.