Quotes About Vulnerability

Real Love truthfully sees the flaws - and still really loves fully.

It was so much easier to be angry. Being angry made him feel strong, even though-- and this contradiction did nothing to diminish his anger-- he was angry only because his position was so weak.

The impulse to tell the truth was not as great as the fear of being left off the page.

The truth is that love smashes into your life like an ice floe, and even if your heart is built like the Titanic you go down.

I am not afraid of the truth, if any one could tell it me, but I am afraid of parts of it impertinently uttered.

The truth is that I'm never sure how any of my books will be received, and because I can be thin-skinned, I try not to read too many reviews when a book first comes out.

I put myself on the line with my truth and my sexuality. That is my choice. My choice

What would happen if we spoke the truth?

The truth is most women are weak, be they mortal or immortal. But when they are strong, they are absolutely unpredictable.

I've gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

I'm not ashamed to tell the truth about what happened in my family. I think that's what makes my comedy different.

And the curt truth is that, in a deep secret way, the state of being loved is intolerable to many.

God calls me to write the truth of my life transparently so that others can learn from my hurt and heartache without taking the field trip themselves.

I learned that pretending you don't have feelings makes you feel unhappy and unfulfilled and, ultimately, is what really makes you vulnerable because you are hiding from the truth.

me: you know what sucks about love? o.w.g.: what? me: that it's so tied to the truth.

Fear was the biggest bullshitter, he'd said. But sometimes, too, fear told the truth.

While ye sleep in my arms, I can say things to ye that would be daft and silly waking, and your dreams will know the truth of them.

This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.

The truth is, we usually only show our unhappiness to another woman. I suppose this is one of our problems. And yet it is also one of our strengths.

The truth is, I've always been afraid of letting anyone get too close. I built a wall around me, a barricade to hide behind those few times someone wanted entry to my heart.

The truth is it's fun to be up there and know that you're in your underwear. Even though I know I'm exploiting my sexuality in a certain way, it's fun! It boosts my ego.

Poor Petey. I'd like to say I could almost feel a tender spot for poor Petey, but the truth is I'd rather feel at the tender spot on his head and give it a poke.

as though "the Truth" were such an innocent and incompetent creature as to require protectors!