Lisa McMann Quotes

Like most people, I can be very easily hurt.

The fear of this delicate and fierce feminine has more to do with our fear of being vulnerable again, getting hurt again, than it does by our actual distaste for the beauty of the feminine and Her qualities.

I'm actually very vulnerable and sensitive.

I'm a sponge. I sometimes don't want to go out of my house because it's like, 'Who's going to make me cry today?'

All my life, I've been the kind of person who could shatter easily.

Sometimes I wish I could walk around with a HANDLE WITH CARE sign stuck to my forehead.

You might think I'm bulletproof, but I'm not.

I feel extremely vulnerable.

I quickly laugh at everything for fear of having to cry.

I'm feeling a little delicate.

I spent much of my life hiding.

But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

I feel I'm often misunderstood by critics. People project a lot or exaggerate the subjective fragility simply because it's frightening to them.

I started to wear the sunglasses all the time at school, hiding behind them... I'd walk down the hallways, practically hugging the wall, dragging my head against it like I was crazy.

I wish I could unknow this, but there is a perception of me that I'm super-sensitive and fragile. And I am super-sensitive, and I don't think that that's a bad thing. To do what I do, I have to remain open.

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.

It used to hurt me when people said I was hiding in Wales.

I have a heart and am extremely sensitive to what people say about me, both in the press and otherwise.

I'm really scared of everything. I'm very, very emotional. I'm extremely soft!

I feared vulnerability more than my actual emotional pain itself!

I would like to be soft and warm. I would be terrified to be that way. I could be hurt if I were soft and warm. I could be hurt by something other than myself. It is harder to be soft than it is to be hard. I could be hurt by something other than myself.

An ear can break a human heart As quickly as a spear, We wish the ear had not a heart So dangerously near.

We're fragile, fragmented souls who are very sensitive to criticism.

I'm a lightweight better be careful what you say With every word I'm blown away You're in control of my heart