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"You pierce me with a look, a word, a gesture. And yet those same weapons could shield me from hurt if you so choose."
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"It seems my heart is made of tissue paper, I wish the world would handle it more delicately."

"Risk is uncertainty injected into our most vulnerable places. And because that's the case, we may choose not to risk."

"Jack could feel the fissures beginning even now, the hard shell he'd promised to keep in place so that no one, ever, would get close enough to hurt him again."

"Vulnerability creates unimaginable space to build each other up, as much as it creates ample room to tear each other down."

"So she stood naked in front of the young man and at this moment stopped playing the game."

"I pressed my hand against her hair, holding her to me, filled with the certainty that she was going to hurt me again and that I didn't have the strength to push her away before she did."

"When I got home, my roof was gone. Overnight the weight of the snow became too much to carry. What tipped the scale? Think about it: there must have been a final snowflake that did it, a fraction of a fraction of a fraction of a milligram that made all the difference."

"Being sensitive is a gift that fosters peace. Help create a kinder, gentler world by embracing it."

"The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing."

"Everyone has scars. Cowards conceal them. The brave reveal them."
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"Socially interacting with a storyteller can be a frustrating challenge because a portion of her awareness is constantly sorting through the details of a developing book. And while you may successfully engage in a meaningful conversation with her, an additional part of her mind is frantically sifting through descriptive lines to be used if ever she were to write this exchange down. The trouble with writers is that they are ALWAYS writing!"

"There is no such thing as constructive criticism. There is constructive advice, constructive guidance, constructive counsel, encouragement, suggestion, and instruction. Criticism, however, is not constructive but a destructive means of faultfinding that cripples all parties involved. Don't be fooled into thinking otherwise."

"Laughter isn't a sign of insanity but a shield against it."

"The road of life is paved with daily successes, a great number of them penny and nickle triumphs. Sadly, these little feats are often seen as worthless-even failures-because we dream of greater gain. Our greed keeps us focused on a gleaming pot of gold waiting at the end of some elusive rainbow. And, despairing a big loss, we fail to see the value in small achievements."

"It is a great mystery to me how the problems of others seem like simple arithmetic while my own appear as complicated as a calculus equation."

"One thing about a skunk-once you recognize the markings, you know things are gonna stink."
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