Vulnerable Quotes

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No destiny attacks us from outside. But, within him, man bears his fate and there comes a moment when he knows himself vulnerable; and then,… — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
I love, therefore I am vulnerable. — Madeleine L'Engle
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
Somewhere in the world is the most invincible man. Just as somewhere is the most vulnerable. — Cormac McCarthy
How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught… — Kristin Cashore
Or so we don't think about how we're just vulnerable specks trying to survive on a violent, tumultuous planet, at the mercy of hurricanes and… — Deb Caletti
If we are not to abandon values such as peace and equality, or our commitments to science and truth, then we must pry these values… — Steven Pinker
Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to… — Henri Nouwen
Laurel could not see her face but only the back of her neck, the most vulnerable part of anybody, and she thought: Is there any… — Eudora Welty
She was one of those people who are irrevocably, incurably honest and therefore both inflexible and vulnerable at the same time. — Azar Nafisi
The heart is what is important." There is nothing more vulnerable, nothing more corruptible than the human mind; nor is there anything as powerful, steadfast… — Daisaku Ikeda
On its outer surface time is vulnerable to transience. Regardless of its sadness or beauty, each day empties and vanishes. In its deeper heart, time… — John O'Donohue
What matters is that someoneâ€”that youâ€”know me that well. When a person can see into your soul, it's hard. It forces you to be open.… — Richelle Mead
Figuratively, they escaped from Cout Olaf and their miserable existence. They did not literally escape, because they were still in his house and vulnerable to… — Daniel Handler
She turned back to Jace. "Do you have to be so-," she began, but stopped when she saw his face. It looked stripped down, oddly… — Cassandra Clare
No, no, don't let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others… — Rachilde
I almost canâ€™t believe Iâ€™m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of… — Megan McCafferty
But all three of them had had to lose things in order to gain other things. Will had lost his shell and his cool and… — Nick Hornby
That odd capacity for destitution, as if by nature we ought to have so much more than nature gives us. As if we are shockingly… — Marilynne Robinson
Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God… — Philip Yancey

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