Emotional Openness Quotes

“...Gizos began to cry. Not a little, a lot. Since that day I've never seen a boy, or a man, cry that hard. Now I know such a thing could do the world good, not the crying, not simply the body and spirit's self-recognition of pain, but the publicness of it, the body and spirit's communicating to another's body and spirit in one and only one language--that of deep, deep emotion--between the flesh of two free bodies. I say 'free' here because it's true--what is freer than that, freer than one body welcoming and receiving another's in a state or condition so unchanged since the very beginning of bodies, a state or condition that has continually been jailed time and time again since that very beginning?”
― Morgan Talty, Fire Exit

“It’s not age that limits deep connection, it’s the walls we build. A young heart remains open, curious, and willing to leap. That’s how childhood bonds are formed, and how adult ones can be, too.”
― Pamela Cox

“When you laugh at yourself, you become instantly endearing because you give those around you permission to stop pretending they're perfect.”
― Pamela Cox