Quotes About Vulnerability

Thad slowly sat upright, his limbs quivery. He'd never been a whimsical man, but in that moment he felt as though someone had pushed him over the edge of a cliff and he was soaring in the clouds. In that moment, he lost his heart to Miss Sadie Wagner. And he had no idea how to snatch it back.

As Mike McConnell, the former director of national intelligence, told a US Senate committee in 2011, "If the nation went to war today, in a cyberwar, we would lose. We're the most vulnerable. We're the most connected. We have the most to lose.

There was nothing like staring down the barrel of a suspected cyberweapon to clear the fog in your mind.

Under the new policy, any time the NSA discovers a major flaw in software, it must disclose the vulnerability to vendors and others so the flaw can be patched.

The nations, of course, that are most at risk of a destructive digital attack are the ones with the greatest connectivity. Marcus Ranum, one of the early innovators of the computer firewall, called Stuxnet 'a stone thrown by people who live in a glass house'.

You couldn't bomb a plant you didn't know about, but you could possibly cyberbomb it

Love is life's greatest paradox—in order to truly understand and appreciate what true love is, you oftentimes must experience what love isn't. But once you receive this revelation and begin to comprehend what it means to Love, you will find that vulnerability is an indispensable element.

Sometimes you've got a story you need to find the courage to tell.

I wanted to talk to her when she hadn't just been hit on the head. I wanted to know if she'd still like me when she wasn't woozy.

I'm tired of feeling ashamed. About my foot.

I pulled her hand farther around my waist. She leaned her head between my shoulder blades, muttering to herself

Pneumonia. I'd heard that word before. Over two years ago, when I'd first come to Susan's house, when I'd learned about Becky, her best friend. "What killed her?" I'd asked, and Susan had said, "Pneumonia. That's a sickness in the lungs." I was falling, falling. I had no one to catch me. Susan was dying. I had no safe place to be.

Davonte doesn't know my whole story, but she knows an awful lot of it. Especially given all that's happened lately.

Most hacking attempts occur from within an organization and are perpetuated by employees, contractors or others in trust position.

Draven stood below the gate disrobing. Slowly, and piece by piece, he removed his sword, his surcoat, his mail armor, and then his padded aketon until there was nothing left but the wealth of tawny skin gleaming in the sunlight. Stark naked, he walked toward the gate. Emily bit back her tears as she understood. "You asked me for proof of his feelings, Majesty. You now have it!

And what would you have me say? (Lorelei) That you love me, too, would be nice. Especially given the fact that I look like a complete ass kneeling here in front of you while two hundred men watch. (Jack)

And yet you're a knight. (Rowena) Because I have seen the great evil that is done on this earth to those who can't fight for themselves. The meek only inherit the grave while the strong go on until someone stronger stops them. (Stryder)

A mighty oak can be felled by even the tiniest of insects when one allows them to continually gnaw at it.

If you never reach out, no one will ever take your hand. (Lorelei) If I never reach out, then no one can ever bite my hand. (Jack)

A man protects those who need it most. Those who cannot protect themselves." -Sin

What did they do to you, to make you withdraw so far into yourself? (Sin doesn't answer.) You've left me again, haven't you? I can always tell. Your eyes turn dull, cold. Very well, I shall leave you in peace. But know this: One day I am going to find the heart you have buried away from the world. (Callie) And what would you do with it if you found it? (Sin) I would hold it safe and keep it from the hurt that has shriveled it. (Callie)

A mighty oak can be felled by even the tiniest of insects when one allows them to continually gnaw at it. (Callie's Mother)

But so fluid a thing was love.It wasn't firm,he was learning, it wasn't a scripture;it was a wobbliness that lent itself to betrayal,taking the mold of whatever he poured he poured it into.And in fact,it was difficult to keep from pouring it into numerous vessels.It could be used for all kinds of purposes....He wished it were a constraint.It was truly beginning to frighten him.

A dog has no money. A dog has no rights. A dog has no way to communicate his grievances. I am a dog. God help me.