Ireland and its people have much to be proud of. Yet every land and its people have moments of shame. Dealing with… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
“Despite the doctor’s orders, I bought myself several cartons of cigarettes (…) I think that I preferred to put myself in serious… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
“The agony of this chronic stage of being cannot be endured for long. At the deepest level, toxic shame triggers our basic… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
“Where are you, Adam? According to the book of Genesis, Adam went into hiding after the fall. By trying to be more… — John Bradshaw Copy Share Image
In Britain, when the working class are summoned for fiction, it's 'isn't it a shame, isn't it a pity, isn't it awful,… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Ye generous maids, revenge your sex's wrong; Let not the mean destroyer e'er approach Your sacred charms. Now muster all your pride,… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
Don't freight your answers with any notions of what you're "supposed" to do, and just see where your feelings point you. It… — Carolyn Hax Copy Share Image
Family life is tough, I'll say that for it. But in my case, I've mined the family. In a sense, I've used… — Loudon Wainwright III Copy Share Image
Sure you can manage that broom, Potter?" said a cold, drawling voice. Draco Malfoy had arrived for a closer look, Crabbe and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What words can express her [the white woman’s] humiliation when, at the close of this long conflict, the government which she had… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
“Many of the habits of dysfunctional families use are not from the lack of love but are the result of fear. Knowing… — David W. Earle LPC- Love is Not Enough Copy Share Image
I come home that morning, after I been fired, and stood outside my house with my new work shoes on. The shoes… — Kathryn Stockett Copy Share Image
To ask for help does not make you weak. And that was something I felt after I was carjacked. I felt shame.… — Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters Copy Share Image
As a teenager in Brooklyn Quentin had often imagined himself engaged in martial heroics, but after this he knew, as a cold… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
Far or forgot to me is near; Shadow and sunlight are the same; The vanished gods to me appear; And one to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I feel no shame at being found still owning a share when the bottom of the market comes…I would go much further… — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
“To be free to roam our own consciousness and be responsible for ourselves, a letting go process is required. We have to… — David W Earle Copy Share Image
Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
“it has been and always will be my desire not to attack even those whom public repute disgraces. I am not delighted… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There can be people who are feminist, and people who hold the completely opposite view but are still feminists. It seems to… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
You can't look outside of yourself. You must look within yourself, and address all of the things that are going on within… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
We live in such hypersexualised yet totally prudish times. People have this expectation about everyone else's relationship to their own bodies.'Surely you… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
“Though this new forest grew mightily, elsewhere the mighty jungles fell. Elsewhere the coastal rain forests that furred the body of the… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“You don't shower or shave for a month, until you smell like a sewer. Then you walk around for two weeks wearing… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
Moral Injury is differentiated from PTSD in that it directly relates to guilt and shame veterans experience as a result of committing… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
We have made men proud of most vices, but not of cowardice. Whenever we have almost succeeded in doing so, God permits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With memory set smarting like a reopened wound, a man's past is not simply a dead history, an outworn preparation of the… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
People always say, "You played such a strong character." I remember someone said that to me when I played a role in… — Carey Mulligan Copy Share Image
I did everything to get food. I have stolen for food. I have jumped in huge garbage bins with maggots for food.… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
There is a certain kind of pain that can change you. Even the strongest sword, when placed in a raging fire, will… — Adam Gidwitz Copy Share Image
“Incredible shame is associated with mental illness. People will confide the most intimate details of their love life before they'll mention a… — Candace Pert Copy Share Image
A military man can scarcely pride himself on having 'smitten a sleeping enemy'; it is more a matter of shame, simply, for… — Isoroku Yamamoto Copy Share Image
“Children who are victimized through sexual abuse often begin to develop deeply held tenets that shape their sense of self: 'My worth… — Rachel Lloyd Copy Share Image
Kind words produce their own image in men's souls; and a beautiful image it is. They soothe and quiet and comfort the… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“The idea that humiliation is some capital crime of the spirit is a fiction. The sentences we hand down for losing control… — John Hockenberry Copy Share Image
Drink up, boys, drink up and don’t worry, if we finish this bottle we’ll go down and buy another one. Of course,… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
I like to be busy. I once shared an agent with the late Sir John Gielgud, who, at 96, was apparently still… — Charles Dance Copy Share Image
It's not all bad. Heightened self-consciousness, apartness, an inability to join in, physical shame and self-loathingthey are not all bad. Those devils… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
Be ever more convinced that your guardian angel is really present, that he is ever at your side. St. Frances of Rome… — John Bosco Copy Share Image
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