Quotes About Vulnerability

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided.

We've always been told to pretend as if we're not afraid.

I don't have to pretend to be someone I'm not and I think talking so openly about my story gave me acceptance that it's ok to be me.

I don't pretend to be perfect.

You'd think maybe I can pretend I'm an expert on love, but I'm not.

One of the biggest challenges for me is that I'm still a human being. I'm a very imperfect human being. I'm very open about the fact that I'm not trying to pretend to be better than anyone else.

I don't want to show my pain. I resisted; I hesitated. I tried to be invisible, to pretend that nothing was wrong. It's impossible; it's not like me.

That's one of the great lies of intimacy, to pretend you know everything - you cannot. No matter how close you've been, over however many years, there remain secrets. I think we all know that - that you don't tell everybody everything.

We all try to pretend we're the person we want to be when we're really not, and you've just gotta be willing to say, 'Here are all my flaws; here's who I am - take it or leave it. If you love me still, then let's do this.'

I kind of made the decision early on to be extremely open about everything and just pretend like all of these people watching were my close friends that I could tell stuff to and be honest with.

Most people try to isolate themselves and pretend like things are all good when a lot of times, that's not how it is.

Like I said, I don't want to pretend that I am a robot. When you hear things it's natural to feel some kind of hurt.

I'm not gonna sit and pretend I'm hard as nails.

There's something liberating about not pretending. Dare to embarrass yourself. Risk.

We've never played at this place before. This place is big, and I'm kinda nervous, so we're going to make it feel small by pretending we're in a... bedroom. We'll hang off the edge of the bed, take off our shoes and get naked!

What is it in us that makes us feel the need to keep pretending... we gotta let ourselves be.

When you're pretending to be something you're not, at least for me, you end up falling on your face.

There's something very noble about the bowling shoe. It has very little pretense, and it's kind of naughty. You have to share them with a bunch of other people, which is so kinky in a way that I like. What other shoes would you actively share with other people?

I'm pretty much an open book.

'Dancing on My Own' is actually a really sad song! It has totally made me cry.

You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.

When you set yourself up to be apart from rest of mankind, you're in danger of crashing further than they ever could. That's the trouble with royalty, after all.

I think it's very dangerous as an artist to be comfortable.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.