“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

“It’s impossible to live without failing at something — unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all — in which case you have failed by default. – J.K. Rowling

“You are so weak. Give up to grace. The ocean takes care of its wave till it gets to shore. You need more help than you know.” – Rumi