“She felt dirty, ugly and tired. She felt like a marshmallow heading into a house fire armed with chocolate and graham crackers.” — Benjamin R. Smith Copy Share Image
I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed. — Monica Lewinsky Copy Share Image
“Oddly enough, it was Prudence he studied beneath his lashes, not MacKay. The words he spoke came straight from his heart. “No.… — Teresa Medeiros Copy Share Image
“I shouted the perfect words to scare him off. It was just the delivery (and only the delivery) that made me sound… — Graham Parke Copy Share Image
“Watching her walk away, Emily felt as dirty as if she’d been watching porn. The craving came on like a fever, as… — Kelly J. Ford Copy Share Image
You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the… — John le Carre Copy Share Image
She felt dirty all over and looking over Sebastian, sweat on his brow and his naked torso barely covered by the sheets,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“He felt dirty, contaminated, as though he were carrying some deadly germ, unworthy to sit on the underground train back from the… — J.K. Rowling Copy Share Image
“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
