Quotes About Vulnerability

There's nothing more unattractive than a man who blames predestination for his own failures and a woman who blames men for her own vulnerability...Blame thyself

The one who can make full sense of love and lives within its narrow expections undresses no weeping face.

It does seem - well, difficult - to be at the mercy of some gross, unshaven stranger before you can begin to be yourself.

Men did not like women to weep. It reminded them of their own failings.

People think needing a man is weak. I believe what is truly weak is not ALLOWING ourselves to surrender to our deepest desire to have a protective, strong, caring, masculine man in our life.

I think they're being cheap with their lives, that's why. So they seem ravenous for the worst thoughts I can have.

Honesty is vulnerability. Sadly, not everyone can handle someone's honesty. However, lying allows people to be comfortable.

I had tried to express myself, but couldn't do that because I was afraid that it will hurt someone. I never knew that not expressing myself hurt myself.

After what she's been through, there really should be crime scene tape around her heart.

She hadn't seen a doctor cry before, they usually don't, that makes itharder.- Anita

How does it feel being a woman's weakness? I mean a real woman. I mean a real weakness.

Women have rooms inside of us men cannot fathom. It's where we store the depths of the hurt we've been dealt.Where we store the deep love we never want to lose.

The same way he treats animals and other vulnerable individuals is the same way he'll relate to your feminine side.

This time I felt my own face redden. Talking with this woman was like sitting still for a series of slaps, delivered arhythmically so you couldn't know when the next one was coming.

But sometimes, when she'd be all by herself, walking home late in the evening on a crowded street she'd be afraid of her own shadow following her...

The remnants of his adolescent vulnerability were all over his face.

From fear to bonding with the audience to getting more open - that's what standup is. It humanises you.

In standup, you don't have anything near you except a microphone. There's something a lot more self-conscious feeling when there's cameras coming in for close-ups. It makes you very aware.

I don't talk about having cancer in my standup anymore. I don't have cancer. But if it comes up for me again, that I'm going through something, I'm going to talk about it. I'm going to do whatever feels right whenever it feels right.

The experience of watching other standups is either: 1) you see your mate doing standup and it's really bad and you're heartbroken, or 2) You see your mate doing really well and it's heartbreaking.

Standup is a place where, as long as it's funny enough, you can say your most embarrassing things, shameful things and disappointing things.

I don't always feel fierce and fearless, but I do feel like I'm a rock star at being human.

I'm not a rock star; I'm a soft person.

I hate going into a room with people in it and the feeling of them staring. I find every moment excruciating.