If we aren't capable of being hurt we aren't capable of feeling joy. — Madeleine L'Engle. American writer (1918–2007)
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.