James Frey Quotes

I'm sarcastic, skeptical, and sometimes callous because I'm still afraid, deep down, of letting myself be hurt.

The chances we take, knowing no better than to fall or to stand back and hold ourselves in... protecting our hearts with the tightest of grips.

Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.

I didn't know how to show my self love, and I didn't want anyone else to hurt me. So my tough girl attitude was like, 'I'm not having it.'

I do have a vulnerable side. I think a lot of people have a misperception of me. They only see the tough, defensive, aggressive side. But every woman is vulnerable.

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've been hurt so many times I don't have the balls for it anymore.

You aren't afraid of throwing yourself in the path of danger, but you're terrified of letting anyone in.

They can't hurt me. I'm not like the rest of you. There's no one left I love.

All the stuff that keeps you safe from feeling scary emotions? They also keep you from feeling the good emotions. You have to shake those off. You have to become vulnerable.

I've always protected myself when it comes to love. And maybe that's the problem. By not letting myself get hurt now, it ripples into much bigger pain later.

I won't let you close enough to hurt me.

Now, is it possible not to be hurt at all? Because the consequences of being hurt are the building of a wall around oneself, withdrawing in one's relationship with others in order not to be hurt more. In that there is fear and a gradual isolation. Now, we are asking: Is it possible not only to be free of past hurts but also never to be hurt again?

The primary nature of every human being is to be open to life and love. Being guarded, armoured, distrustful and enclosed is second nature in our culture. It is the means we adopt to protect ourselves against being hurt, but when such attitudes become characterological or structured in the personality, they constitute a more severe hurt and create a greater crippling than the one originally suffered.

Once you encounter people who are really testing the limits of kindness, that's when you start to build up a shield and close yourself down.

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 won't put myself in a position where I'm vulnerable.

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

Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.

I don't think anyone can walk through the world in a state of vulnerability all the time, can they?

We have to be vulnerable as actors, but we have to protect ourselves.

I feel I have to protect myself against things. So I'm pretty careful to lose most of them.

You can't allow yourself to be vulnerable.

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.