--- title: "19 Felt Shame Quotes by 17 authors" description: "Browse 19 Felt Shame quotes by 17 authors. Discover the best Felt Shame sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/geneen-roth-3050_ashamed_i-feel-like-it-s-been-important-for-me-t_1282211.jpg" --- > [I feel like it's been important for me to use my own personal experiences with food and money to help people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geneen-roth/i-feel-like-it-s-been-important-for-me-to-use-my-own-personal/) [Geneen Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geneen-roth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/geneen-roth-3050_ashamed_i-feel-like-it-s-been-important-for-me-t_1282211.jpg) > [At my most unlovable and ungraceful, I've felt so much shame. What would be so great in those times is to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-russell/at-my-most-unlovable-and-ungraceful-i-ve-felt-so-much-shame-what/) [Taylor Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-russell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/18d/taylor-russell-6625_embrace_at-my-most-unlovable-and-ungraceful-i-ve_2699808.jpg) > [“The only emotion I felt was shame. For him, for myself. Again I had trusted, and again I had betrayed and been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/the-only-emotion-i-felt-was-shame-for-him-for-myself-again-i-had/) [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f2/ursula-k-le-guin-138_shame_the-only-emotion-i-felt-was-shame-for-hi_1692030.jpg) > [“I don't understand this but I never felt any shame about my sexuality and the idea that I found boys attractive as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-cumming/i-don-t-understand-this-but-i-never-felt-any-shame-about-my-sexuality/) [Alan Cumming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-cumming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/alan-cumming-9179_homosexuality_i-don-t-understand-this-but-i-never-felt_3062421.jpg) > [My mom grew up in extreme poverty, and always spoke of it with a look of disgust. She felt pressured to fit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephanie-land/my-mom-grew-up-in-extreme-poverty-and-always-spoke-of-it-with-a-look/) [Stephanie Land](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephanie-land/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b9/stephanie-land-5532_clothes_my-mom-grew-up-in-extreme-poverty-and-al_926862.jpg) > [“Oh, yes, he’d spent a good portion of his day in self-pity. And now? Now he felt shame.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cathy-maxwell/oh-yes-he-d-spent-a-good-portion-of-his-day-in-self-pity-and-now-now/) [Cathy Maxwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cathy-maxwell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ab1/cathy-maxwell-42749_shame_oh-yes-he-d-spent-a-good-portion-of-his_1136139.jpg) > [I was really not a good student, and I felt that shame every day. That's one of the reasons I started smoking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-shteyngart/i-was-really-not-a-good-student-and-i-felt-that-shame-every-day-that/) [Gary Shteyngart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-shteyngart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/gary-shteyngart-2177_drinking_i-was-really-not-a-good-student-and-i-fe_1646725.png) > [“Last time I’d made a trek to Zane’s hotel room, we’d been at NerdCon, and I’d been fueled by pride and anger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/megan-erickson/last-time-i-d-made-a-trek-to-zane-s-hotel-room-we-d-been-at-nerdcon/) [Megan Erickson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/megan-erickson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc2/megan-erickson-2059_hotel-room_last-time-i-d-made-a-trek-to-zane-s-hote_2350751.jpg) > [To ask for help does not make you weak. And that was something I felt after I was carjacked. I felt shame.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/demi-leigh-nel-peters/to-ask-for-help-does-not-make-you-weak-and-that-was-something-i-felt/) [Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/demi-leigh-nel-peters/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cb/demi-leigh-nel-peters-11888_ask-for-help_to-ask-for-help-does-not-make-you-weak-a_1962442.jpg) > [I felt shame - I see this clearly, now - at the instinctive recognition in myself of an awful enfeebling fatalism, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-o-neill/i-felt-shame-i-see-this-clearly-now-at-the-instinctive-recognition-in/) [Joseph O'Neill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-o-neill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d96/joseph-o-neill-10798_awful_i-felt-shame-i-see-this-clearly-now-at-t_79735.png) > [“And in her reverence of his skin, he felt that shame wither and curl, like paper on a flame, and float upward,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-harmon/and-in-her-reverence-of-his-skin-he-felt-that-shame-wither-and-curl/) [Amy Harmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-harmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d0/amy-harmon-1093_shame_and-in-her-reverence-of-his-skin-he-felt_184640.jpg) > [“Since he bore the sin of the murderer and adulterer, he felt the shame of the murderer and adulterer. Though he never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/since-he-bore-the-sin-of-the-murderer-and-adulterer-he-felt-the-shame/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/889/max-lucado-190_shame_since-he-bore-the-sin-of-the-murderer-an_412133.jpg) > [I felt shame for living in a nation of unprecedented prosperity-a nation that spends a smaller percentage of income on food than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-felt-shame-for-living-in-a-nation-of-unprecedented-prosperity-a/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/jonathan-safran-foer-136_affordability_i-felt-shame-for-living-in-a-nation-of-u_2841643.png) > [“I almost forget that she still hates me, despite how hard I’ve fallen for her. And I’ve fallen. So hard. I’ve hit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/i-almost-forget-that-she-still-hates-me-despite-how-hard-i-ve-fallen/) [Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/faa/tahereh-mafi-229_aaron-warner_i-almost-forget-that-she-still-hates-me_34934.jpg) > [“And I've fallen. So hard. I've hit the ground. Gone right through it. Never in my life have I felt this. Nothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tahereh-mafi/and-i-ve-fallen-so-hard-i-ve-hit-the-ground-gone-right-through-it/) [Tahereh Mafi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tahereh-mafi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/tahereh-mafi-229_every-day_and-i-ve-fallen-so-hard-i-ve-hit-the-gro_2938406.jpg) > [I'm just made differently. Man, I just love being an American, I love my country. But it happened to me during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fogerty/i-m-just-made-differently-man-i-just-love-being-an-american-i-love-my/) [John Fogerty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fogerty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b4/john-fogerty-10725_ashamed_i-m-just-made-differently-man-i-just-lov_1809877.jpg) > [“The only shame George Webber felt was that at one time in his life, for however short a period, he broke bread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-wolfe/the-only-shame-george-webber-felt-was-that-at-one-time-in-his-life/) [Thomas Wolfe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-wolfe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/thomas-wolfe-4237_friendship_the-only-shame-george-webber-felt-was-th_2375610.png) > [ “I came to feel a certain kind of shame at the aquarium \[…\] \[T\]here was a shame in being human: the shame… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-safran-foer/i-came-to-feel-a-certain-kind-of-shame-at-the-aquarium-t-here-was-a/) [Jonathan Safran Foer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-safran-foer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98a/jonathan-safran-foer-136_shame_i-came-to-feel-a-certain-kind-of-shame-a_1483890.png) > [This was not guilt: guilt is what you feel when you have done something wrong. What I felt was shame: I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atul-gawande/this-was-not-guilt-guilt-is-what-you-feel-when-you-have-done/) [Atul Gawande](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atul-gawande/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c38/atul-gawande-1871_done_this-was-not-guilt-guilt-is-what-you-fee_948607.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/felt-shame/#itemlist", "name": "Felt Shame Quotes", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I feel like it's been important for me to use my own personal experiences with food and money to help people to not feel ashamed. 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