Quotes About Vulnerable

An ardent temperament makes one very vulnerable to dreamkillers, and I was more lucky than I knew in having been brought up around enthusiasts, and lovers of enthusiasts.

Suicide, dangerously, has a contagious aspect; it has, as well, for the vulnerable, an indisputable appeal as the solution of last resort.

I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

the early months, baby's sleep cycles are shorter, periods of light sleep occur more frequently, and the vulnerable period for night waking occurs twice as often as for an adult, approximately every hour. Most restless nights are due to difficulty getting back to sleep after waking up during this vulnerable period. Some babies have trouble reentering another stage of deep sleep.

I'm not even feeling guilty about it; I know Deb and she's talented and aggressive. She's in the public defender's office to help the most vulnerable in our society, which means she must have forgotten to take the Glory of Compensation in law school.

In contrast, when a coronary artery in your heart is only 30–40 percent blocked, it is more unstable because it's not calcified, and it has not had time to grow a protective network of collaterals. This is why these are called "vulnerable plaques"—because they are more likely to rupture and cause a sudden total obstruction, known as "catastrophic progression," which is as bad as it sounds.

sparks are fragile things, and they need careful attention.

Maybe sometimes you just feel like everything can be taken from you all at once.

When she thinks of this, she feels as tatty as a scrap of lace, defined not so much by what she's made of, but more by the shapes of what's missing.

I was a sensitive and easily traumatized creature who would fall into fits of weeping at any disturbance in her force field.

She knew about young boys—she'd spent the last year taking care of them. They were tough and reckless and yet at the same time so very sweet and vulnerable. Their cheeks were soft and their eyes apologized even as they fought to assert their independence with too smart mouths.

I felt sure, glaring at the children as they settled onto the sand with their shovels, that these creatures were never threatened by the grimness of history, either. Then, looking down on their glossy heads, I realized that they were indeed threatened; they were simply unaware of it. We were all vulnerable.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and I am very reactionary.

I'm someone who wears their heart on their sleeve.

I am the kind of guy who wears his heart on his sleeve.

Ninety percent of the cases of polio are in security-vulnerable areas.

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

It's easy to be led astray when you're so broken. People take advantage of you.

Government should take care of those in America who can't care for themselves. That's a role of government.

Maggie smiles at that and says, "Please don't upset her. She's fragile." "I'll be like cotton-candy kisses.

to Nancy Wells, assistant professor of design and environmental analysis in the New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell. "And the protective impact of nearby nature is strongest for the most vulnerable children—those experiencing the highest levels of stressful life events.

The forces of culture and geography are likely to prevail at some point. A man-made border that does not match a natural frontier zone is particularly vulnerable.

The reputation of a girl ... is a delicate thing. Like a mynah bird in your hands. slacken your grip and away it flies.