Quotes About Vulnerability

The people who have the power want you scared. They want you walking around paralyzed by the notion that you could die at any moment.

I tell you I'm dangerous and you want to put knives near me?" - Vaughn to Faith

Why are you sad, Dorian?" He couldn't lie to her. "The leopard wants you to see it.

Normally I hate people who whine all the time, but in your case, it would be okay to complain. Be selfish, say what you want once in a while. It's okay to let yourself be sad." -Kyo talking to Tohru

Everything here is so weak, little girl. Everything breaks so easily. They want such simple things.

When I look down at my pale, skinny body, I wonder why any woman would want to sleep next to it, let alone embrace it.

Jamie: "I didn't want anybody to be weird around me." Landon: "Including me?" Jamie: "Especially you! You know, I was getting along with everything fine. I accepted it, and then you happened!"

People want to believe that every marriage is perfect balance but it isn't. One person always loves more deeply than the other

I would be lying if I said I don't like to look sexy. But then there are some days when I don't want to look or feel sexy.

Nobody wants to watch perfection.

When you're playing the good guy, you want to find the dirty parts - and when you're playing the bad guy, you want to find the vulnerability.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

None of us is perfect. Everyone has got a skeleton in the closet that they don't want people to find out. I just let it go, with a bit of humor.

People who are harder to love pose a challenge, and the challenge makes them easier to love. You're driven to love them. People who want their love easy don't really want love.

Writing songs is not something I wanted to share with people for a long time. It was precious to me. I didnt want someone to crush it. I waited until I felt strong enough to take the criticism.

There's a certain place you want to get to, and in order to do that, you have to be vulnerable.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.

Love without risk is an impossibility, like war without death.

Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots.

The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse.

All wars are waged against children

Invincibility depends on one's self; the enemy's vulnerability on him.

We believed ourselves indestructable... watching only the madmen outside our frontiers, and we remained defenseless against our own madmen.

Fear cripples faster than any implement of war.