Quotes About Vulnerability

Truth only means something when it's hard to admit.

If Chelsea drop points, the cat's out in the open. And you know what cats are like - sometimes they don't come home.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Know yourself and go in swinging, if it hurts when you hit, it might be real, too.

The smarter you are, the more you know, the less reason you have to trust or love or confide.

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

Sometimes broken hearts are needed, that way you will appreciate the one that handles it with care.

When we open our heart up to someone, that energy, of course, comes into us.

of being strong and brave. The strong can not be brave. Only the weak can be brave; and yet again, in practice, only those who can be brave can be trusted, in time of doubt, to be strong.

It's not a bad thing, is it, to be strong in some ways and fragile and vulnerable in others?

There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

Don't cry out loud, keep it inside, learn how to hide your feelings. Fly high and proud, and if you should fall, remember you almost had it all.

Tough guys don't dance. You had better believe it.

I don't want to stay folded anywhere, because where I am folded, there I am a lie.

You have to drop all your defenses, only then is intimacy possible. We are all hiding a thousand and on things, not only from others but from ourselves.

When you finally accept that you're a complete dork, your life gets easier. No sense in trying to be cool.

If you express yourself too much, you're considered weak.

If your head is made of wax, don't walk in the sun

You cannot be brave if you do not have a coward inside you.

I had to learn to dance for 'The Adjustment Bureau' and it was nearly impossible. I turned up with my knees knocking in my leotard and went home and cried my eyes out.

We are all broken, that's how the light gets in.

You know your flaws, don't hide them. Embrace them.

I came to understand that happiness and vulnerability are often the same thing.

If I can't trust my child with what is happening in our home how do I think he or she will ever experience trust?