Quotes about Vulnerability

If only it were possible to love without injury—fidelity isn't enough: I had been faithful to Anne and yet I had injured her. The hurt is in the act of possession: we are too small in mind and body to possess another person without pride or to be possessed without humiliation.

myself. Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Maybe I'm growing up, Thomas'. But there were tears in his voice, and he looked younger than he had ever done.

When you really need help, people will respond. Sincerity means dropping the image facade and showing a willingness to be vulnerable. Tell it the way it is, lumps and all. Don't worry if your presentation isn't perfect; ask from your heart. Keep it simple, and people will open up to you.

The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.

But the true emperor, Luke is telling us, arrives vulnerable and exposed, because the good life is not about the protection of the ego, but rather about the willingness to become open to the other in love.

For lack of an occasional expression of love, a relationship strong at the seams can wear thin in the middle.

There comes a point in a relationship when you realize that you trust someone enough to let them keep their secrets.

You can as easily love without trusting as you can hug without embracing.

And it seemed to me, too, that I've always been afraid when I was in the company of people…afraid of saying something stupid…afraid of being laughed at.

Seems to me you must always have been afraid to be young. It takes courage, I can tell you that

I hate the moment when suddenly my anger turns into tears