#vulnerability

Worrying about scarcity is our culture's version of post-traumatic stress. It happens when we've been through too much, and rather than coming together to heal (which requires vulnerability) we're angry and scared and at each other's throats. ↗

— Brené Brown

#scarcity #society #stress #vulnerability #courage

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

Armed I am with love. Disarmed I am. ↗

— Manuel Alegre

#poetry #vulnerability #weapon #love

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

I think sexy is vulnerability, and there's no way you can act vulnerable. It just has to be there. ↗

— Michael Zaslow

#i #i think #just #sexy #think

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

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#complex #cynical #exploitation #extreme #global

Terrorists can utilize any vulnerability in the system and that would include outbound shipments. ↗

— Asa Hutchinson

#include #shipments #system #terrorists #utilize