John Bevere Quotes

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

I let down my guard and my heart was as good as gone.

I almost can’t believe I’m going to make myself vulnerable to him again. But what is love but the most extreme and exquisite form of risk perception? I know that relationships don’t last. And yet, with him, the risk of not being with him is much worse than any other hurt I can imagine.

Friends can hurt you, but the possibility of pain with lovers is so much greater because your expectations are so high. You don't ask as much of your friends.

I always say you have to be willing to get your heart broken.

When you love someone, they have a piece of you, one of the most important pieces of you, and that's your heart. And when you decide to love freely and love hard - like I do myself - that's a risk that you're taking - getting hurt.

When we make ourselves vulnerable, we do open ourselves to pain, sometimes excruciating pain. The more people we love, the more we are liable to be hurt, and not only by the people we love, but for the people we love.

I'm going to give you God's truth, little girl. All men want to do is hurt you. Once you give them your heart, they tear it to shreds." ~Francine Rivers; Redeeming Love

Every time you love someone, you put not just your faith in them, but your faith in everything to the test.

Could you really love someone who was capable of falling in love with somebody else?

Because i've suffered. Because many times in my life i have tried to love with all my heart, and my love has wound up being trampled or betrayed.

All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal.

And maybe that was love. Being so vulnerable and allowing someone else in so far they could hurt you, but they also give you everything.

The difference between friendship and love is how much you can hurt each other.

I'm weak cause I believe you and I'm mad because I love.

When we give ourselves in love we become our most vulnerable. We are never safe. We become open to disappointment and hurt.

Those have most power to hurt us, that we love.

Caring about anyone leaves you vulnerable.

Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.

The people you love are just weapons that will be used against you.

It’s the people you hold closest who have the most power to make you bleed.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life.

If you just stop and think, baby, honey, love is a funny thing. Whatever you put in, that's what you expect to gain.

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have to be capable of provoking it and feeling it.

Love and marriage are wonderful arenas in which to place a character. We are most likely to risk our morals and beliefs while in love. Betrayal gives tremendous insights into a character as well.