When an almond tree became covered with blossoms in the heart of winter, all the trees around it began to jeer. 'What… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Shame has its place. Shame is what you do to a kid to stop them running on the road. And then you… — Hannah Gadsby Copy Share Image
Slavery is the nagging, unrelenting shame of America that continues to deny the true promise of the country to too many its… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
“(Sociopaths are highly immune to depression, and this ability to tell ourselves wonderful stories about how attractive, smart, and wily we are,… — M.E. Thomas Copy Share Image
The fancies that take their monstrous birth from the spinelessness and boredom of usurped wealth bring in their wake every defect ...… — Jean Lorrain Copy Share Image
'Stay With Me,' for me, is my own personal anthem to the 'walk of shame...' that we've all gone through. It's the… — Sam Smith Copy Share Image
Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
“There is no shame in feeling broken. In seeking help. In searching for healing. Sometimes it is the breaking that leads us… — Jeanette LeBlanc Copy Share Image
Good as is discourse, silence is better, and shames it. The length of the discourse indicates the distance of thought betwixt the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
I would never normally approach a woman in this way, but I couldn't help but notice that you have the eyes of… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think there ought to be a coat of arms for all of us who listen to Oberst's band Bright Eyes… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
“I asked him about what it was like growing up as a Korean American in northern New Jersey in the 1970s and… — Euny Hong Copy Share Image
“The unfailing rhythm of the seasons, the ever-turning wheel of life, the four facets of the earth which are lit in turn… — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
We live in a world of communication - everyone gets information about everyone else. There is universal comparison and you don't just… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
When you want to direct someone toward the good, first put him at peace bodily and honor him with words of love.… — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
I have a word for you. I know your whole life story. I know every skeleton in your closet. I know every… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
My feelings for you shame me into silence. The truth of this and your name will never be revealed. It is you… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
I want to do something, right here, right now, to shame them, to make them accountable, to show the Capitol that whatever… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
The opposite of esprit d'escalier is the way that life's embarrassments come back to haunt us even after they're long past. I… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“She had heard it was easy to blame others for one's own failures. But that wasn't exactly accurate. It was easy to… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
“The things white folks put people through--my god, cruel in ways I just can't even reconcile. Should be ashamed for a thousand… — Cebo Campbell Copy Share Image
“The only shame George Webber felt was that at one time in his life, for however short a period, he broke bread… — Thomas Wolfe Copy Share Image
Mr Earbrass stands on the terrace at twilight. It is bleak; it is cold; and the virtue has gone out of everything.… — Edward Gorey Copy Share Image
You don't see the European classical musicians allowing the music of Bach, Brahms, or Beethoven to become extinct. That music has gone… — Rahsaan Roland Kirk Copy Share Image
Poe had this curious kind of alchemical courage, where he took all the terrible things and terrors that happened in his life,… — John Cusack Copy Share Image
United States, your banner wears Two emblems--one of fame; Alas! the other that it bears Reminds us of your shame. Your banner's… — Thomas Campbell Copy Share Image
“Jamie - “Shame the Bruins got punished by the Ducks last month.” I see the flash of arrogance return at lightning speed.… — Sarina Bowen Copy Share Image
We all place ourselves at various levels, and we are constantly falling from these heights. It is the falls we are ashamed… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
The voice of the intelligence is soft and weak, said Freud. It is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is… — Karl A. Menninger Copy Share Image
She knew that she belonged to this man, body and soul. Every trace of shame departed; it was burnt out by the… — Aleister Crowley Copy Share Image
Plants do everything animals do, but slowly. They migrate, communicate, deceive, stalk their food and, with an ostentation of styles and perfumes… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
“Shamed and enraged, I sit by the side of the road and cry. Eclipsed by a sense of disgrace, my emotions feel… — Holly A. Smith Copy Share Image
“Recovering is a process of coming to experience a sense of self. More precisely, it is a process of learning to sense… — Sheila M. Reindl Copy Share Image