#vulnerability quotes

[theidlespoon]

yes, i will die mad that the only way i will ever have the meaningful relationships i romanticize is if i actually open up to others and show them the dark side of my moon. i will die mad that i cannot just love and love and love without letting them love me back. i will die mad that the one thing, the one thing i want, is impossible unless i let go of the person i’ve made myself into.

[what-strange-lives-we-live]

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 misunderstood.

Junot Díaz

[samxcamargo]

If you tell them to open up, be there for them when they do.

Samantha Camargo

[beetlecakes]

I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I don't cling to you. It's not because I'm not you're little girl no more. Or that I hate you. I don't hate you. I love you so much. So much that I refuse to believe all the things that I know about you. I'm sorry that I can't trust you, and believe me I'm trying so damn hard. Growing up is hard and I don't know who to trust because I've seen and learned things that I wished I didn't. You've told me things that should've never left your mouth or at least should never have been spoken around me. I'm fragile I guess. I admit it. I always thought I was so strong, so strong in fact that I never thought I needed a hug, kiss, snuggle, safety blanket, or anything. I can see it now. So clearly. I need it, no, I crave it. I crave affection ever since I learned I have no one to trust. And oh God, how I wished I had someone to trust but I don't. I will never tell you how broken I really am. I will never tell you about my bloodiest fought battles. Vulnerability is my fatal flaw. Oh, how I wish I could hug someone right now.

[afreelittlebird]

Let's be real. Being vulnerable is not a weakness, it's a strength. And being in tune with yourself is one of the sexiest characteristics any human can possess.

[samxcamargo]

They say to open up. Be vulnerable. But when his walls are down, and they see his pain, his scars and blood, his open wound. They close up.

Samantha Camargo

[samxcamargo]

Walls keep everybody out. Boundaries teach people where the door is.

Mark Groves

[what-strange-lives-we-live]

Vulnerability is not weakness. And that myth is profoundly dangerous.

Brené Brown