Kelly Marie Tran Quotes

It's not easy to sit down and open yourself up and say, 'This is how much I love you,' you know? It's scary to do that.

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.'

It's a very brave thing to fall in love. You have to be willing to trust somebody else with your whole being, and that's very difficult, really difficult and very brave.

Have enough courage to love.

You must have love as the core; it takes courage to be willing to constantly tell the truth to each other and risk letting the relationship go.

I'm in love with love, so I'm always taking risks! I think it's part of love, taking risks.

The last thing a woman will consent to discover in a man whom she loves, or on whom she simply depends, is want of courage.

If you want to have a relationship, at some point you have to let yourself get caught. That's what I did. I got caught.

One can not love without opening oneself, and opening oneself, that's taking the risk of suffering. One does not have control.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

Who could refrain that had a heart to love and in that heart courage to make love known?

Trust leads to intimacy, which leads to healing and meaning. We can only be intimate to the degree we can make ourselves vulnerable. But when we open our hearts, we can get hurt.

You have to take a leap of faith before exposing yourself completely in terms of feelings and desires - especially if you're a woman.

Being vulnerable is the hardest thing for so many people, including myself, but it's also the most satisfying thing.

Love is not something you protect. It’s something you risk.

The bravest thing that men do is love women.

You can't get to courage without walking through vulnerability.

The real gift of love is self disclosure.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

It’s scary telling someone you care about, someone you love who you really are.

To be brave is to love someone unconditionally, without expecting anything in return. To just give. That takes courage, because we don't want to fall on our faces or leave ourselves open to hurt.

I heard this wonderful quote - "Only the brave show what they love." It's so-embarrassing to approach somebody and say you want to look at them. But without that risk taking, nothing can happen, so I have to make myself vulnerable. What I think is the unifying aspect in people that I like is that they have a sense of their own vulnerability, and I respond to that.

-The little things,Emma. The gestures,the moments. And the big. I let him see my heart. I gave it to him,even when I believed he couldn't or wouldn't take it. I gave it anyway-a gift. Even if he broke it. I was very brave. Love is very brave.

Love always requires courage and involves risk.

Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.