Quotes About Vulnerability

A power structure that is accountable only to itself will always end by abusing the powerless. If exposed, it will ask, paternalistically, to be allowed to repair the damage on its own.

I have a tiny wiener.

He watched the aperture of the young women's lovely face close ever so slightly and felt a pang in his heart.

We are strong only because of our weaknesses and fears

No regrets or worries from living an open book life

ESCORT CARRIERS HAD MANY nicknames, only a few tinged with anything resembling affection: jeep carriers, Woolworth flattops, Kaiser coffins, one-torpedo ships. Wags in the fleet deadpanned that the acronym CVE stood for the escort carrier's three most salient characteristics: combustible, vulnerable, expendable. That most everyone seemed to get the joke—laughing in that grim, nervous way—was probably the surest sign that it was rooted in truth.

Those without the resources to wrest a share of the available and inadequate supply of horses and fodder suddenly found that they and their property were no longer safe. To put their dilemma in contemporary terms, it was as if you were forced to arm yourself today with a new type of weapon, but the cost of doing so was $100,000. If you could not pay that price, you would be at the mercy of those who could.

Markets always place the greatest pressures on the weakest holders.

Holy crap, I'm scared." "Holy crap, you're human. You should be scared.

Anybody else wanna pee their pants and cry for mommy?

She paused. That's just my way of saying I would've killed you if you'd died.

Everything crushed in on me at once. Sure made me feel better- don't feel bad about crying. Ever.

It's your incalculable ability to trust others that has always touched me. And I'm sorry to have taken advantage of it so many times" - Dr. Paige

When they'd settled into bed last night, everything had seemed good and safe. Yeah, maybe this was worse, to have that suddenly taken away.

He flat out needed Chuck, like a kid with a security blanket.

Nothing like a good friend to toss you down a flight of stairs.

Look, man, I don't know what you're talking about. They put me in here last night, I slept in that bed"—he pointed to the one with the rumpled sheet and blanket—"and I woke up about five minutes ago and took a pee.

Don't feel bad about crying. Ever.

Todo se me echó encima a la vez. Estoy seguro de que me hizo sentir mejor. No te sientas mal por llorar. Nunca.

I was in a coma for a few days, and when I woke up, speaking out to Rachel seemed the most natural thing in the world. If she hadn't accepted it and spoken back, I'm pretty sure I would've lost it.

Thomas had lived in fear and terror the past few weeks, but this was almost too much. To feel safe only to have that snatched away again.

Si no estas asustado. No eres humano

Michael was not himself. He lay on the bed of a stranger,

We just need to get through it. Walk fast, but don't look like you know where you're going. We can't afford to carry anything—empty your arms and pockets or we might get attacked. We'll just have to hope we can find things in the Lincoln Building.