Quotes about Vulnerability
Only a fool makes threats, and only another fool feels threatened.
— Paulo Coelho
Most human beings still cannot trust love.
— Paulo Coelho
For when those walls come down, then love takes over, and it no longer matters what is possible or impossible; it doesn't even matter whether we can keep the loved one at our side. To love is to lose control.
— Paulo Coelho
Writing books is a socially acceptable form of getting naked in public.
— Paulo Coelho
It's risky, falling in love.
— Paulo Coelho
God...never again allow me to be satisfied with only my own company. [May I] never feel afraid of needing someone, or of suffering. For there is no suffering worse than the dark grey room where pain cannot reach...
— Paulo Coelho
He analyses every strategy and asks: what would I do if I had to fight myself? He thus discover his weak points.
— Paulo Coelho
Blessed are those who are not afraid to admit that they don't know something
— Paulo Coelho
I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.
— Tina Fey
That's what attracts us to serious paintings, I think: that shortfall, which we might call "personality", or maybe even "pain".
— Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.
— Hillary Clinton
Whenever it feels uncomfortable to tell the truth, that's often the most important time to tell it.
— Jennifer Lopez