Lauv Quotes

Vulnerability is the essence of romance. It's the art of being uncalculated, the willingness to look foolish, the courage to say, 'This is me, and I'm interested in you enough to show you my flaws with the hope that you may embrace me for all that I am but, more important, all that I am not.'

Vulnerability is the birthplace of connection and the path to the feeling of worthiness. If it doesn't feel vulnerable, the sharing is probably not constructive.

It earns you a lot of snark if you're able to convey vulnerability.

It's a great big step for me to open my heart up even a little bit.

I think it takes a lot of confidence to be comfortable in being vulnerable.

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

I've learned that to expose yourself, to reveal yourself is a test of your humanness.

I seek to be authentic and engaging, using my own experiences, being as vulnerable as I ask my clients to be, to enhance the process.

I tend to find you have to be fairly vulnerable to get something... to get a perspective worth having. Which can be controversial. But I find telling someone what you're thinking about, what you want, and what you're afraid of can often help them give guidance.

I don't have a problem showing vulnerability.

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

If you're really gonna live, you have to be vulnerable.

I've become more comfortable with opening up.

Vulnerability is important in life, I feel. That's what allows you to experience intense emotions, whether it's joy or pain or sadness.

There is a difference between vulnerability and telling people everything about yourself. Vulnerability is a feeling. Telling everyone about yourself is just facts and details.

One of the things I did when I discovered this huge importance of being vulnerable is very happily moved away from the shame research, because that's such a downer, and people hate that topic. It's not that vulnerability is the upside, but it's better than shame, I guess.

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

I've been the type of guy, I've always been very forthcoming with how I feel. And that it doesn't make you less of a man to like go and be like, 'This is how I feel about you. This is the truth.'

I'm putting myself out there in a way I don't know if I ever have before.

My only hope to receive love is to let you see who I am, then I may believe you.

I think you become more relatable when you're vulnerable.

Be willing to share all of who you are. So many of us want a partner, but we're not willing to show all of us.

Trusting your individual uniqueness challenges you to lay yourself open.

The difficult thing is that vulnerability is the first thing I look for in you and the last thing I'm willing to show you. In you, it's courage and daring. In me, it's weakness.

I feel like my secret magic trick that separates me from a lot of my peers is the bravery to be vulnerable and truthful and honest.