Quotes About Vulnerability

I think all women have a certain elegance about them which is destroyed when they take off their clothes.

Be not ashamed women, ... You are the gates of the body, and you are the gates of the soul.

A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.

Toxic masculinity hurts men, but there's a big difference between women dealing with the constant threat of being raped, beaten, and killed by the men in their lives, and men not being able to cry.

I have me brave women who are exploring the outer edge of human possibility, with no history to guide them, and with a courage to make themselves vulnerable that I find moving beyond words.

You are being self-pitying." "I'm nearly done. You don't have much more of this to bear." "I like you better this way." "Crushed and broken," Gansey said. "Just the way women like 'em.

My passport photo is one of the most remarkable photographs I have ever seen- no retouching, no shadows, no flattery-just stark me.

I am ashamed of confessing that I have nothing to confess.

If you are going to ask your crush for their phone number, you are one of the small group of women I am so jealous of.

Right now being born a girl is to be born threatened.

Guys always think tears are a sign of weakness. They're a sign of FRUSTRATION. She's only crying so she won't cut your throat in your sleep. So make nice and be grateful.

What a great advantage a man can have over women, if he only knew what cold and calculating thoughts are going through her mind.... while her eyes are brimming with tears.

Most men fear getting laughed at or humiliated by a romantic prospect while most women fear rape and death.

Whether you're talking about bees, dogs, or women, pain can come upon you quickly from either one of em.

The weakness of men is the facade of strength; the strength of women is the facade of weakness.

I know men are delicate origami creatures who need women to unfold them, hold them when they cry. But I am tired of being your savior and I am tired of telling you why.

And the propensity of weak and empty people to follow a leader into the darkness from which there is no return is still flourishing, as ever.

The greatest public health threat for many American women is the men they live with.

Women were different, no doubt about it. Men broke so much more quickly. Grief didn't break women. Instead it wore them down, it hollowed them out very slowly.

Sometimes the way through someone's tough outer shell is to do something obvious, thoughtful and sweet.

I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry today?'

People forget that I'm a human being, just because I play a sport that everybody loves. We're human. We're not invincible. We share the same feelings and emotions that people on the outside feel. I don't think people really understand that.

I was a really low-confident kid. I did have friends from playing sports - I played water polo and I swam. But at the heart of it, I was really scared of talking to people, and making friends, and making relationships.

I was scared someone would ask me something I didn't know and I'd be on the spot. It's the paranoia of a very shy person. I've gotten over those feelings about interviews for the most part.