--- title: "9 Felt Dirty Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Felt Dirty quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Felt Dirty sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/benjamin-r-smith-15136_dirty_she-felt-dirty-ugly-and-tired-she-felt-l_2949134.jpg" --- > [“She felt dirty, ugly and tired. She felt like a marshmallow heading into a house fire armed with chocolate and graham crackers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-r-smith/she-felt-dirty-ugly-and-tired-she-felt-like-a-marshmallow-heading/) [Benjamin R. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-r-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/benjamin-r-smith-15136_dirty_she-felt-dirty-ugly-and-tired-she-felt-l_2949134.jpg) > [I felt like a piece of trash. I felt dirty and I felt used and I was disappointed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/monica-lewinsky/i-felt-like-a-piece-of-trash-i-felt-dirty-and-i-felt-used-and-i-was/) [Monica Lewinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/monica-lewinsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bef/monica-lewinsky-9034_dirty_i-felt-like-a-piece-of-trash-i-felt-dirt_2411759.jpg) > [“I shouted the perfect words to scare him off. It was just the delivery (and only the delivery) that made me sound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/graham-parke/i-shouted-the-perfect-words-to-scare-him-off-it-was-just-the-delivery/) [Graham Parke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/graham-parke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/da6/graham-parke-9887_comedy_i-shouted-the-perfect-words-to-scare-him_784137.jpg) > [“Oddly enough, it was Prudence he studied beneath his lashes, not MacKay. The words he spoke came straight from his heart. “No.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/teresa-medeiros/oddly-enough-it-was-prudence-he-studied-beneath-his-lashes-not-mackay/) [Teresa Medeiros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/teresa-medeiros/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/teresa-medeiros-9127_felt-ashamed_oddly-enough-it-was-prudence-he-studied_785025.jpg) > [You have no idea how humiliating it was, as a boy, to suddenly have all your clothes, your toys, snatched by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/you-have-no-idea-how-humiliating-it-was-as-a-boy-to-suddenly-have-all/) [John le Carre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/john-le-carre-651_ashamed_you-have-no-idea-how-humiliating-it-was_1386404.jpg) > [“Watching her walk away, Emily felt as dirty as if she’d been watching porn. The craving came on like a fever, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelly-j-ford/watching-her-walk-away-emily-felt-as-dirty-as-if-she-d-been-watching/) [Kelly J. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelly-j-ford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6d/kelly-j-ford-76320_craving_watching-her-walk-away-emily-felt-as-dir_3116251.jpg) > [She felt dirty all over and looking over Sebastian, sweat on his brow and his naked torso barely covered by the sheets,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cassandra-clare/she-felt-dirty-all-over-and-looking-over-sebastian-sweat-on-his-brow/) [Cassandra Clare](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cassandra-clare/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/05b/cassandra-clare-9_brows_she-felt-dirty-all-over-and-looking-over_1744046.jpg) > [“He felt dirty, contaminated, as though he were carrying some deadly germ, unworthy to sit on the underground train back from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/he-felt-dirty-contaminated-as-though-he-were-carrying-some-deadly/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6da/j-k-rowling-86_fitness_he-felt-dirty-contaminated-as-though-he_1334420.png) > [“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-smiley/shame-is-a-distinct-feeling-i-couldn-t-look-at-my-hands-around-the/) [Jane Smiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-smiley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/jane-smiley-2120_coffee-cup_shame-is-a-distinct-feeling-i-couldn-t-l_105884.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-dirty/#itemlist", "name": "Felt Dirty Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“She felt dirty, ugly and tired. 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