A wave of blood goes up to my head, my stomach shrinks together, as if something dangerous has just missed hitting me.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I think that everyone at any age should ask themselves, 'where do I want to be today, where do I want to… — Jack Antonoff Copy Share Image
I don't understand the art of compromise, and it's a shame the politicians don't understand that as well, you know, we might… — John Lydon Copy Share Image
“I was a prisoner inside my own body. I felt desperate, angry, stupid, confused, ashamed, hopeless and absolutely alone... and that this… — Carl Sutton Copy Share Image
When we evaluate the rightness or wrongness of actions or behavior, we need to ask ourselves if that behavior will edify—build up—ourselves… — Myles Munroe Copy Share Image
Park women, properly so called, are those degraded creatures, utterly lost to all sense of shame, who wander about the paths most… — Henry Mayhew Copy Share Image
During the fifteen minutes that followed, the proud and sensitive girl suffered a shame and pain which she never forgot. To others… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Like priests with their backs to the world and their faces to the altar, the postmodern protectors of shame need to turn… — Wesley J. Wildman Copy Share Image
Post-wounded women know that postures of pain play into limited and outmoded conceptions of womanhood. Their hurt has a new native language… — Leslie Jamison Copy Share Image
The shame of the U.S.S. Liberty incident is that our sailors were treated as though they were enemies, rather than the patriots… — James Abourezk Copy Share Image
“Youth, dumb with embarrassment, breathless with exhibitionism, stuttering with nerves, inarticulate with conceit; the socially flamboyant, the robustly brawny, the crudely uninstructed,… — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
“The first book that I bought with my own money was "The Blue Aspic" by Edward Gorey. In fact, when the first… — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
You who so plod amid serious things that you feel it shame to give yourself up even for a few short moments… — Howard Pyle Copy Share Image
“In yet another paradox, bulimia nervosa serves as both an expression of feelings and a defense against experiencing feelings, particularly shame, anger,… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image
“It is not lies or a lack of loyalty that ends a relationship. It is the agonizing truth that one person feels… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“I felt like I needed to comfort both the little girl inside me and my mother, assuring them that neither of them… — Erin Merryn Copy Share Image
“Of course I refuse. I will have absolutely nothing to do with it. I don't care what shame comes on you. You… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“But there is also something inherently shameful in the rescuer-rescued relationship - the humiliation of being reduced to depending on another person… — Dara Horn Copy Share Image
Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning Copy Share Image
“PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT! Due to the cumulative effect of collective sharing and loving intentionality, the Shame Train has derailed at the junction… — Jeff Brown Copy Share Image
It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was… — Ted Williams Copy Share Image
“March 28, 1987: Today I read in the New York Times that all of the officers who killed Michael Stewart were again… — Keith Haring Copy Share Image
It is vain to think that any weariness, however caused, any burden, however slight, may be got rid of otherwise than by… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
There is no shame in loving. If your septons say there is, your seven gods must be demons. In the isles we… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
“A few words which he wanted to emphasize were put into brackets or set off by quotation marks. My first impulse was… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
If there is any hope that we in America might one day overcome our own history of genocide, slavery, discrimination, and oppression… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Proshka was a man of self-esteem. He considered himself a cut above the rest, and had a degree of personal pride. His… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, I remember my mum taking me to the posh clothes shop on London Road to get my first… — Cilla Black Copy Share Image
“I shrugged uncomfortably, leaning my head against hers, almost forgetting Mr. Gardner’s presence as Mo and I fell into that sort of… — Amelia C. Gormley Copy Share Image
Now I know my Redeemer lives. I know my Redeemer lives. Let all creation testify let this life within me cry. I… — Nicole C. Mullen Copy Share Image
Any guilt about food, shame about the body, or judgment about health are considered stressors by the brain and are immediately transduced… — Marc David Copy Share Image
Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“have not some religions, including the most influential forms of Christianity, taught that the heart of man is totally corrupt? How could… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
We do not always remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Besides, our action on each other, good as well as evil, is so incidental and at random, that we can seldom hear… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What a shame to be so afraid of failure that you stop living. My wife has a great one-liner about failure: "Never… — Bernie Siegel Copy Share Image
