#vulnerability

We owe our children – the most vulnerable citizens in any society – a life free from violence and fear. ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#fear #responsibility #violence #vulnerability #life

I am stronger than words and I am bigger than the box I'm in, and then I see her in the crowd and I fall apart. ↗

— David Levithan

#vulnerability #young-love #love

We couldn’t change anything, and in times of war, people become helpless and vulnerable. ↗

— Shannon A. Thompson

#helpless #vulnerability #war #change

A person is, among all else, a material thing, easily torn and not easily mended. ↗

— Ian Mcewan

#person

Then I made a stupid mistake and looked up at him. His eyes met mine, and for a moment, his face was open and vulnerable in the moonlight. I caught a hint of wonder there as we stared at each other. Slowly, he leaned forward. I caught my breath, a tiny gasp escaping. He stiffened, and his expression shuttered closed, eyes going hard and frosty. [...] 'This is getting old,' he said in a voice that matched his eyes. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#vulnerability #winter-prince #mistakes

We need to have a strong defense focused on areas that are in the greatest vulnerability. I have been very concerned about America's 361 seaports as a point in which terrorist activities and materials could be brought into the country. ↗

— Bob Graham

#activities #america #areas #been #brought

I love Cate Blanchett. She's extremely classy and has this knack for taking on roles and being very, very strong, but also embedding vulnerability. She has this relatable quality. I like the path she chose. ↗

— Ashley Greene

#being #chose #classy #extremely #i

Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco. ↗

— Bill Gross

#human #human nature #institutions #lose #means

He had tenderness in his heart — ‘a soft place,’ as Nicholas Higgins called it; but he had some pride in concealing it; he kept it very sacred and safe, and was jealous of every circumstance that tried to gain admission. But if he dreaded exposure of his tenderness, he was equally desirous that all men should recognize his justice; and he felt that he had been unjust, in giving so scornful a hearing to anyone who had waited, with humble patience, for five hours, to speak to him. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#tenderness #vulnerability #equality

Vulnerability is huge. I love to see that in characters. It's something I feel like a lot of my comedic heroes have always done. ↗

— Ed Helms

#characters #comedic #done #feel #heroes