Sue Perkins Quotes

As a kid, I would push my shoulders forward in order to hide my heart from being hurt.

I have created a shell around me, in the good and the bad moments.

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

I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

It's easier to shut yourself off outside than reveal your inner thoughts.

People might think I'm very hard, what with my black make-up, my hair over my eyes, etc. My innocence didn't always help me, but it did preserve something in me that maybe others don't have anymore. I'm inside my bubble, you could say, and thankfully so, because I don't think daily life is always great. It protects me.

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

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.

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 basically built myself up and I'm not about to let somebody else tear me down.

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

I conditioned myself many years ago that nobody could hurt me.

The thing to do is to build a fortress within yourself.

For 13 years, I struggled with education and have only just realised that I was actually struggling to protect myself from it. I was trying to protect my soul.

Most of the time, I don't really give people a chance. I have a wall up. I'm always protecting who I am. Thinking about my brand. I make it hard on people. Sometimes, it's a good thing. Sometimes, it's a bad thing.

Protect yourself like you would your cubs - as a grown woman, you're no one's cub anymore.

Among the reasons people keep sad stories to themselves is that they do not want anyone to feel sorry for them. I don't. I don't want you to feel sorry for me.

I'm not tough, and I never have been. I suppose over the years I've built up kind of a veneer to protect myself because I have functioned on my own for a long, long time, and I have never had a lot of flunkies preceding me to clear the way.

Sometimes you have to keep things very close to your own chest in your life, or this life.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.

I've lived so deep under masks, my interior was built to satisfy me alone - I have lived almost 60 years alone, mentally, and quite content to have it so.

My mom used to say that I became a fighter and a scrapper and a tough guy to protect who I am at my core.

I felt like if I wasn't sharing myself physically, I would actually get a chance to see the downfalls of my partner. I would be able to minimize my intake of being disappointed.

It emasculated people to be protected in this way... [They should] be used to protecting themselves.

Around every corner, always protect the engine that powers you.