Quotes About Vulnerability

inconsequential M-3 Stuart caused one American general to muse that "the only way to hurt a Kraut with a 37mm is to catch him and give him an enema with it" the half-track mounted with a 75mm gun was already known as a "Purple Heart box." American tanks were so flammable they were dubbed Ronsons, after a popular cigarette lighter advertised with the slogan "They light every time.

The more stars you have, the higher you climb the flagpole, the more of your ass is exposed

I felt lonely then. This is the time when you need somebody. This is the time when it is good to have a wife, and children, to absorb your grief, to hold on to you. This is when you pay, and pay and pay, for pretending that you don't need anybody.

It is easy to tell a stranger's story; I didn't know if I had the guts to tell my own.

only low men, the lowest, tormented the weaker things in their control.

It is a common condition of being poor... you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them.

I know how silly and paranoid that sounds, especially coming from a man who gets a perverse thrill from taking chances. But it is a common condition of being poor white trash: you are always afraid that the good things in your life are temporary, that someone can take them away, because you have no power beyond your own brute strength to stop them.

Normally, I am a little insecure about myself without a shirt on, as my days of being attractive are now behind me.

The thing you did to alleviate the loneliness was to take off your clothes and touch someone, even if you didn't really know the person well.

The difference between old friends and new friends is that new friends just haven't let you down yet.

Your authority in part comes from your authenticity, the authenticity of your struggles and your flawed humanity.

I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera. The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

Be careful of love. It'll twist your brain around and leave you thinking up is down and right is wrong.

People are more difficult to work with than machines. And when you break a person, he can't be fixed.

No one wants to see cool people doing brilliantly. I want to see the struggle. That's the fun bit.

And I think if you look at any relationship, for the relationship to be productive and to move forward and to grow, sometimes things have to be said that one person or the other person is not going to like to hear.

How can you write if you can't cry?

I had never realized before just how tiring and dehydrating long exposure to the wind can be, but this made me feel closer to nature.

I used to think romantic love was a neurosis shared by two, a supreme foolishness. I no longer think that. There's nothing foolish in loving anyone. Thinking you'll be loved in return is what's foolish.

Loving's pretty easy. It's letting someone love you that's hard.

felt, he couldn't start crying. He didn't want anyone to see him cry and feel sorry for him. Most important,

And keep one thing in mind-tanks and guns can break my bones, but emails can be deleted.