I cannot help but love people who know the pain I feel.
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Quotes tagged ‘vulnerability’
To receive compassion means I am weak. And I am terrified of being weak.
This is why true belonging is a function of courage and vulnerability. Being who we are is about making brave choices. All day long.
Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.
If you can see meaning in your suffering, you can mold it into an accomplishment of the spirit, a personal triumph.
We’re often afraid of being vulnerable, but vulnerability creates genuine connection.
IT'S OKAY to be sad. IT'S OKAY to feel pain. IT'S OKAY to be vulnerable. We are made to have emotions. Don't be afraid to let it out.
You can’t find intimacy—you can’t find home—when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and…
You can’t find intimacy–you can’t find home–when you’re always hiding behind masks. Intimacy requires a certain level of vulnerability. It requires a certain level of you exposing your fragmented, contradictory self to someone else. You running the risk of having your core self rejected and hurt and…
Sometimes I grow so tired of speaking my emotions to you. I open my mouth and dust spills out instead of feelings.
To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the…
You can only give your heart away once, after that, everything else will chase your first love.
Why is it that loving something provides so little protection from betrayal?
You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
The more she likes me, the more closed off she becomes. The more sarcasm she inflicts on me. Vulnerability makes her feel weak.
When a person can see into your soul, it’s hard. It forces you to be open. Vulnerable.
Have you ever been in love? Horrible isn’t it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up your heart and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up.
Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.
Please do not mistake sensitivity for weakness.
Everyone has their weak spot. The one thing that, despite your best efforts, will always bring you to your knees, regardless of how strong you are otherwise.