Quotes About Vulnerability

strong actors have a lower interest in a fight's outcome because their survival is not at stake, whereas weak actors have a high interest in a fight's outcome because their survival is at stake. A strong actor's low interests imply high political vulnerability, and a weak actor's high interests imply low political vulnerability.

I want you to know that it is not always easy to love me. That sometimes my chest is a field full of landmines, and where you went last night, you can't go tomorrow. There is no manual, there is no road map, no help line you can call; my body does not come with instructions, and sometimes even I don't know what to do with it. This cannot be easy. But still, you touch me anyway.

Thou shalt not let the world make you hard

It's a terrifying thing, the pain of a stranger. Impossible to bear it all, even on a strong day, even when the sun is shining and my back doesn't hurt and the dishes are all done.

?uvajte se ugroženih ljudi i ljudi koji misle da su ugroženi. Oni ose?aju potrebu da se štite i brane, i zbog toga ?esto i neo?ekivano i podmuklo napadaju

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

In diesem Moment wurde mir klar, wie vereinsamt ich war: Schon bei der kleinsten zwischenmenschlichen Zuwendung brach ich beinahe in Tränen aus.

Yesterday, I cried. I came home, went straight to my room, sat on the edge of my bed, kicked off my shoes, unhooked my bra, and I had myself a good cry.

When you stand and share your story in an empowering way, your story will heal you and your story will heal somebody else.

Paul spoke of his failures and successes with an openness few of us are prepared to copy.

We experience what life and death really are when we love, for in love we go out of ourselves, become capable of happiness and at the same time can be hurt.

If we openly declare what is wrong with us, what is our deepest need, then perhaps the death and despair will by degrees disappear.

Marriage is like paying an endless visit in your worst clothes.

Licht holt uit. Een mens zit ook zo vol gaten. Een mens zou geslotener moeten zijn. Op den duur kan men niets meer binnenhouden.

idea of a husband who could be killed any moment made

And tears came before he could stop them, boiling hot then instantly freezing on his face, and what was the point in wiping them off? Or pretending? He let them fall.

Harry, suffering like this proves you are still a man! This pain is part of being human … the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength.

G'Kar: We are all the sum of our tears. Too little and the ground is not fertile, and nothing can grow there. Too much, the best of us is washed away.

our civilization is very young. None of us live long enough to cope with too much. About the time we begin to get our thoughts straightened out we begin to go senile. Or, in the mean time, we've been knocked over by a taxicab or died of the plague or something else. We don't live that long.

if you don't speak your emotions you serve them, and if you don't tell your story you lose it—or, what might be worse, you get lost inside it. Telling is how we cement details, preserve continuity, stay sane. We say ourselves into being every day, or else.

Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was befriended by Courage. Courage lent Compassion bright sweaters, explained the slang, showed her how to play volleyball.

If you're having fun, enjoy it. If you're angry, get angry. And when you want to cry, go ahead and cry your heart out. You'll feel a lot better after a good cry. And then you'll be able to laugh again.

What if it wasn't the guy from the bar? What if it was some freak out looking to whack some chick off because his mommy didn't make him buttered toast and cut it into fun shapes when he was a kid?

What's the point if you don't tell your people? Who else can bring you down like they do?