Daniel Breaker Quotes

I moved around so much when I was younger that I sort of had to have this type of exterior; you know, I was afraid of getting hurt.

I'm a little bit tough because I can't afford to get my heart broken.

People choose to shut themselves off and build a load of defense mechanisms and not let anybody in because it's easier that way. You don't get hurt, and there's less risk involved if you build this hard shell.

I don't like feeling vulnerable. I think my mum and dad's divorce affected me more than I let on.

Why should I? No one would wish to hurt me.

You don't want to let on how hurt you are because some people will see that as a sign of weakness, they might use it against you.

I've figured out over the years, you can only hurt me if I love you; if I don't know you, I really don't care.

I did have an emo phase. It was sort of like armor for me.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

Bluster - it fortifies me against the outside world. Take away the words, and I am lost.

I don't like to show my weaknesses.

I knew her well enough to understand that when Delia pushed you away, it was her way of making sure she didn't get shoved first.

So I place my heart under lock and key, to take some time to look after me. But when I turn around you're standing there.

The best way to not get your heart broken, is pretending you don't have one.

My unhappiness protects me from life.

I learnt early to have little expectation so I protected myself from ever feeling greatly disappointed.

Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.

I think I'm extremely vulnerable and that in some ways I seek out rejection. Never feeling like you're getting that pat on the back from dad is probably at the heart of that.

Love makes me vulnerable. In business I'm tough on myself - I'm like a drill sergeant. If I'm down, I'm used to getting right back up, but when it comes to love, your heart can't do that.

I choose to live without hope to protect myself from disappointment. It's very effective!

Art is based on emotion, but being macho is based on ego; the wall protecting that emotion.

After I lost my fiance, it seemed like it would be better to always be alone than to risk being hurt again.

Sadness is also a kind of defence.

I was a very defensive kid 'cause I was really sensitive underneath and didn't want people to know. So I came off as very tough and very angry.

I come from a violent background. So I became hard. I realised that I had made myself that way to deal with a feeling of abandonment and shame.