Quotes About Vulnerability

If you perceive that a person holds power over you, whether or not it is true, then your weakness is very real. —MANFORD TORONDO, final Lampadas rally

Law always moves in the direction of protecting the strong and oppressing the weak. Dependence upon force corrodes justice. — CROWN PRINCE RAPHAEL CORRINO, Precepts of Civilization

We all have the innate ability to recognize flaws and weaknesses in others. It takes much greater courage, however, to recognize the same flaws in ourselves.

When the shepherd is a wolf, the flock becomes only so much meat.

It is not wise to be seen out in the open by hawks, if you are a dove.

that I'm not scared every time I open my eyes and see the world staring at me

Anyone can kill you, but it takes someone you know to really HURT you.

Teachers always promise that students are in a safe place, but most of us figure out that's a lie pretty fast. My very first fire drill was all the confirmation I needed that the worst can happen anywhere, anytime.

Each of us has been falling apart since day one, Chase. We just have to find a way to fall apart together.

Most of us think we can hide our weaknesses from the world, and sometimes, we're right. But only if we're very very strong.

Just go out there and get your heart broken in, so it'll be ready when you really need it.

If you find someone who can forgive all your bullshit... the least you can so is try to forgive them.

From my very first day, I was pursued by men. All of them tried to hurt me, but only one managed to break my heart.

No matter how much freedom they're given, most kids are still glorified props, carefully shuttled from one secure location to the next. We're not children, we're eggs.

in the beginning, love is mostly about lying to each other.

If a chain is only as strong as its weakest link, then a family is more like a rope. We're lots of fragile little strands, and we survive by becoming hopelessly intertwined with each other. The happiest families I ever met were all frayed... but they were also tighter than a hangman's noose.

To sit across the table and talk with someone you love is itself a complex engagement, with an exhaustingly subtle flow of information; to go to bed with someone--to carry your conversation into the realm of the body, a realm of insecurity and fear as well as pleasure--was always fraught with the sad evidence of how difficult it is to understand another person and make yourself understood.

The thing is to let life assault you, make yourself as defenseless as you can. If it bruises you, don't protest. Love your fate.

You understood me; you helped me understand myself. If reading a book is a naked encounter between two people, I have known you nakedly for years.

The real purpose of friendship was to discover and exploit weakness in others.

Happiness comes from within. It is not dependent on external things or on other people. You become vulnerable and can be easily hurt when your feelings of security and happiness depend on the behavior and actions of other people. Never give your power to anyone else.

One of the liabilities of being a deep thinker, Wyatt mused, was that it left him vulnerable to existential crises.

One of the liabilities of being a deep thinker...was that it left him vulnerable to existential crises.

I was willing to suck at it. When I train new coaches I have to remind them regularly to be willing to be imperfect, be willing to make mistakes, and be willing to do a terrible job. It really is the only way we can improve and get better at anything.