Quotes About Vulnerability

People always ask me, 'Why do you only write about heartbreak?' I think I only write when I'm broken, so that's just what happens. It makes me feel better, but having some distance helps.

I could not play a straight-ahead courageous hero. It's not what I do.

I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.

All interesting heroes have an Achilles' heel.

Heroes aren't perfect.

There's something so accessible about heroes who have faults.

There are those moments where you realize that your parents or your heroes are human and are fallible.

We are built to love. Have the bravery to open the heart you have contracted from life's disappointments. This is how the heroes roll.

Even the biggest heroes turn into cowards when they get tired.

I guess I'm always drawn to the underbelly of someone, really, as opposed to how heroic they are. I don't judge those sorts of people.

But Paulie gives all of herself away, and so to create a love like that and a person who would give themselves away was what I thought was going to be difficult. I was little scared of such a challenge.

I like exposing myself. There's not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I'm the kind of actress who absolutely believes in exposing herself.

What was it about Carolyn that made her so cautious about revealing herself?

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

People are really hesitant about expressing that they don't know something - but what's the big deal? I'm not ashamed about that at all.

One of the things that happens in our regular lives is that when we're in moments of pain or feeling alone, we may hesitate to reach out to others because we may think - they're not going through the same experiences I am.

I used to think I was tough, but there's a difference between bravado and courage, and I only started to show courage when I began to get help. So now I make a point of telling people, 'Hey, it's a good thing to ask for help, not a bad thing.'

I have come a long way from a girl with pigtails and acne showing up and going, 'Hey guys, I'm here! Where do you want me to fall over?'

When you put yourself out into the world and say, 'Hey, look at me,' you're going to get criticized.

There is a hidden agenda in the fragility of romance.

I think for so long I've hidden. I think actually now I'm in the limelight, I don't want everyone who follows me to think I'm perfect.

Self-respect is nothing to hide behind. When you need it most it isn't there.

I don't want to hide anything - there is nothing to hide.

I don't have anything to hide.