“I used to think I was tough, but then I realized I wasn’t. I was fragile and I wore thick fucking armor. And I hurt people so they couldn’t hurt me. And I thought that was what being tough was, but it isn’t”— James Frey, goodreads.com
“Dare to be vulnerable, walk outside without your armor on and say YES to your heart.”— Alaric Hutchinson, amazon.com
“When we protect ourselves so we won’t feel pain, that protection becomes like armor, like armor that imprisons the softness of the heart.”— Pema Chodron, amazon.com