"I understand now that the vulnerability I've always felt is the greatest strength a person can have. You can't experience life without feeling life. What I've learned is that being vulnerable to somebody you love is not a weakness, it is a strength. Sadness, joy, love, wonder - all feelings - come from a place of grounded strength that comes from trust in yourself."
"We spend so much time trying to control our feelings out of fear that something may happen, that somebody may not love us, or walk away or die. It's only when you stop living in that fear of what other people might do to you or how they will react, only then are your free to be alive."
- Elisabeth Shue, Parade Magazine, 11/23/1997
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