Quotes About Vulnerability

In our culture we are taught to be accessible and open; it signifies a good person. In mysticism it is the opposite, people can scan you and drain you.

I know it is never a good idea to not be comfortable.

Even if something within me is ugly, writing is a pretty good place to play with that thing and to begin to really see it.

You're a good guy, Cam." "No, I'm not." He exhaled deeply and his breath was warm against my cheek. "I'm only good with you.

When actors are being defensive and defending their position, that is when you get less than good acting.

While I did not fancy myself a particularly good person, I never thought my first real sexual action would be prostitutional.

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings.

When you feel good is when you're not afraid to feel the worst.

I think it's a really good thing to put yourself in a situation where you feel really uncomfortable because I think things can come out of that discomfort.

The good news is" he paused, carefully choosing his words, "I kissed you, and you're still here.

Boys,' she says, 'just aren't very good at being afraid.

I'm just damseling mostly. I'm not very good with a gun.

If we don't learn how to cry, we can't be good Christians. This is a challenge. Don't be frightened of crying.

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.

We are afraid of failure, of ridicule, of being rejected. We are afraid we're not good enough.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

I was just thinking about my own natural way of one-night stands: always wanting to be more attached to something. I'm not very good at detaching myself.

I guess sacrifice inspires my vulnerability, sacrifice and just having good people around me.

Never done an explosion, but I have had explosive diarrhea, and that was very, very real. Good thing I have my trailer.

Acting doesn't feel good. It's not comfortable to feel all this stuff, it's not.

He was, he would be the first to admit, a coward, an incompetent, and not even very good at being a failure.

Good writing must stay open to the questions and not fall prey to the pull of a polemic, otherwise, words simply become predictable, sentimental, and stale.

The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.