6 Quotes About Vulnerability That Make You Think About Love Differently

1. “The strongest love is the love that can demonstrate its fragility.”

– Paulo Coelho

2. “Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It’s the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, ‘This is me, and I’m interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.’”

– Ashton Kutcher

3. “Live-tweeting your bikini wax is not vulnerability. Nor is posting a blow-by-blow of your divorce . That’s an attempt to hot-wire connection. But you can’t cheat real connection. It’s built up slowly. It’s about trust and time.”

– Brene Brown

4. “There can be no vulnerability without risk; there can be no community without vulnerability; there can be no peace, and ultimately no life, without community.”

– M. Scott Peck

5. “Someone who has experienced trauma also has gifts to offer all of us – in their depth, their knowledge of our universal vulnerability, and their experience of the power of compassion.”

– Sharon Salzberg

6. “What happens when people open their hearts?”

“They get better.”

– Haruki Murakami