Quotes About Vulnerability

The same way I want them to take me seriously. I want them to look at my music as kind of like an open book to who I am inside.

I'm an emotional person. I love music that moves me and makes the hair on my arms stand up. And I want the same thing in relationships. Either you can keep up or you can't.

I am not closed off to anything right now. That is what I was saying about not having any more walls up. I don't want to deprive myself of any bit of life.

I'm terrified of therapy because I don't want it to mess with my creativity.

People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.

What are you talking about, Sin? You don't want anyone to own you... Or your heart?' She laughed bitterly, and entered the Harrowgate. 'I don't have a heart for anyone to take.

It would be nice if you'd stop almost killing me because you don't want to screw other peo­ple.

I think that ties in with issues of identity as well - that sometimes there are parts of us we want to hide, and then there's other times we say, "You know what? Nope. Done hiding that part."

Ask for help. Not because you are weak. But because you want to remain strong.

Why is it that some secrets can drown you while some pull you close to others in a way you never want to lose?

Oh, Daisy, it's revolting the way I want to fawn all over him. I'm afraid I'm going to do something dreadfully silly today. Burst into song or something. For God's sake, don't let me.

I like being put in embarrassing positions because it's the reason why I wanted to be an actress. I want to try different things and things that make me uncomfortable.

As long as we are faking it we are just showing the world how to fake it - but they already are! They want to see us get real.

This be OK?' I asked, innocently. 'You want me to have no skin left?' You rolled your eyes. Actually, don't answer that one.

When you think you are in love, you don't want to know about the things that could end it.

Pity is something only weakness wants.

We're often afraid of looking at our shadow because we want to avoid the shame or embarrassment that comes along with admitting mistakes.

If you want to end your isolation, you must be honest about what you want at a core level and decide to go after it.

I mean, being a child was being a child, was being a creature without power, without pocket money, without escape routes of any kind. So I didn't want to be a child.

It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.

You shy, Francesca?" Javier asks me later on. I shake my head. "Not really." I'm just sad, I want to say. And I'm lonely.

I can still discern people's weaknesses, but it doesn't make me want to exploit them; it makes me want to hug them.

No one really wants to be laughed at.

I get a lot of people trying to take advantage of me because of my kindness. So, I'm either real nice to you, or I want to cut your head off. There's no in between with me.