“She was transparent, heartbreaking. I would be afraid to be so vulnerable. I’d spent the last three years trying to build up some kind of a skin, so I wouldn’t drip with blood every time I brushed up against something. She was naked, she peeled herself daily.”— Janet Fitch, amazon.com
“Layer by layer I removed all that I thought I was, all that I thought I had to be and in the moment I was left standing naked and vulnerable without identities and labels, I remembered, I am that I am.”— Lenita Vangellis, lenitavangellis.com
“Sensitive suffer more, but they love more and dream more.”— Augusto Cury, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I know I’m complicated… I feel things deeply but my desire is like a pure crystal. This is the rarest, most beautiful part of me, that sparkles brightly in the crowd.”— Qiu Miaojin, amazon.com
“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…”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com
“A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended.”— Ian McEwan, amazon.com
“Asking for help is difficult. It involves being vulnerable. But learning is not about things being easy. It’s about conquering every discomfort.”— James Altucher, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being vulnerable is scary. But I promise it’s not as scary as waking up and realizing it’s too late to hold someone’s hand. To tell them they’re magic. To dance with them. To kiss them.”— Leighton Walker, thoughtcatalog.com
“...you’re too good for this world, and because of that, the world will eventually crush you.”— Paul Auster, amazon.com
“We’re so afraid of becoming too vulnerable through regular expressions of love. We’re afraid to open up with our hearts to give and receive love.”— Emily Perrott, thoughtcatalog.com
“Trust means that they will never throw our pain and vulnerabilities in our face. Trust means we know they will protect us and our innermost thoughts and shared feelings without question.”— Cathy Burnham Martin, amazon.com
“An old soul will love you openly and proudly, embracing the vulnerability that’s necessary for deep love with grace and passion. You will never experience another love like them.”— Molly Burford, thoughtcatalog.com
“The capacity to be vulnerable—emotionally but also intimately—is huge. It’s about a willingness, space, an exchange of acceptance. It doesn’t mean we let our entire guard down all at once, that we have no boundaries. But an understanding of why openness matters is key.”— Renée Picard, elephantjournal.com
“Sometimes people mistake vulnerability for weakness, because while others build walls up to prevent anyone from coming in, you bring walls down to let yourself be free.”— Nicole Tarkoff, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being vulnerable means opening yourself up to people and giving them the chance to see the real you. It’s like putting your heart and soul into their hands and mapping out for them where exactly they can strike to hurt you the most – and at the same time, trusting them that they won’t.”— Stephanie Palma, thoughtcatalog.com
“At the end of the day, you’re entitled to every one of your feelings. Don’t allow anyone to belittle you for your sensitivity. Vulnerability does not make us weak; it makes us human.”— Melissa Kerman, thoughtcatalog.com
“If you don’t allow yourself to be vulnerable with yourself and others, no one will genuinely know you.”— Melissa Kerman, thoughtcatalog.com
“Being emotionally vulnerable in your relationships, although it often may feel like a burden when you’re left reeling from yet another break-up, is actually something to be proud of. Sure, it’s scary as hell, and you’re bound to encounter at least one person who can’t reciprocate the deep emotional…”— Drew Weymer, thoughtcatalog.com
“Feeling is what makes us alive, it’s what makes us human. And it’s also what makes us brave. Because opening yourself up to someone after being left in the dust before? That takes guts.”— Drew Weymer, thoughtcatalog.com