Category: Quotes

“What happens when people open their hearts? They get better.” – Haruki Murakami

“When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up, we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability…to be alive is to be vulnerable.” – Madeleine L’Engle

“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.” – Ursula K. Le Guin

“You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart. You are here to be swallowed up.” – Louise Erdrich

“It is through weakness and vulnerability that most of us learn empathy and compassion and discover our soul.” – Desmond Tutu

“What is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” – Anna Quindlen

“We can’t be brave without fear.” – Muhammad Ali

“We need never be ashamed of our tears.” – Charles Dickens

“There is no intensity of love or feeling that does not involve the risk of crippling hurt. It is a duty to take this risk, to love and feel without defense or reserve.” – William S. Burroughs

“To love at all is to be vulnerable.” – C.S. Lewis