Quotes About Vulnerability

My first thought in moments of darkness and doubt is, "Who can I call? Who can I share this with?" Connection and sharing saves me every time.

I've never trusted anyone all the time. It's the people I care about the most that always seem to do the most damage.

You never give away your heart; you lend it from time to time. If it were not so, how could we take it back without asking?

Wasn't it time she risked getting hurt again, instead of just accepting the numbness of never letting anyone in?

This is making me crazy. I hate relying on other people to save me, I hate being clingy, I hate it, and every time you show up, I lean on you. - Matilda Scarlet Veronica Betty Vilma Goodnight

How did we get to this place where we had to be tough all the time and never said how much we loved each other?

I thought I'd saved Kayden that night at the pool house, but I was wrong. I just bought him time until the next windstorm swept through.

Its's just that... this is the realest thing I've had in a long time and it scares me a bit.

I'd like to say that this time I'd kill myself too..but I've never had that kind of courage.

For the longest time, it felt kind of like my chest was cracking open, but not precisely in an unpleasant way.

The first time I ever cried in a movie was in Dead Poet's Society.

It was the first time I had ever made love. I wondered if he knew that. It felt like crying. I wondered, Why does anyone ever make love?

People were very protective of me. Overly so. I was in the industry for a long time before I had any idea of what drugs people were doing.

I hid the homework, stayed in the bathroom for the longest time trying to cut class - I was a wreck as a kid.

You can get fired from any job at any time.

It's a pretty scary time. So many emotions come up and you don't really have the wisdom to make the right choices. You can really screw yourself in adolescence.

Every time I perform in front of people, no matter how well it goes, the next day, I feel humiliated.

It's impossible to get better and look good at the same time.

My husband's a pediatrician, so he and I talk about parenting all the time. You can't raise children who have more shame resilience than you do.

Time and need compels to trust strangers even for a specific time

Manage me, I'm a mess Turn a page, I'm a book Half unread

People ask me all the time, 'What keeps you up at night?' And I say, 'Spicy Mexican food, weapons of mass destruction, and cyber attacks.'

Adolescence is a time in which you experience everything more intensely.

I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.