Guilt is one side of a nasty triangle; the other two are shame and stigma. This grim coalition combines to inculpate women… — Germaine Greer Copy Share Image
That's sad," said Montag, quietly, "because all we put into it is hunting and finding and killing. What a shame if that's… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
When we wallow in guilt, remorse, and shame over real or imagined sins of the past, we are disdaining God's gift of… — Brennan Manning Copy Share Image
For some people, loud advocacy of Trump helps to cover up the deep doubt and even shame they feel about their support… — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
Everything outside was elegant and savage and fleshy. Everything inside was slow and cool and vacant. It seemed a shame to stay… — John Cheever Copy Share Image
Between celebrities such as Michelle Obama, Amy Schumer, Gabrielle Union, Brooke Shields and others sharing their stories, it seems the shame of… — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
Into the face of the young man who sat on the terrace of the Hotel Magnifique at Cannes there had crept a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on… — F. Murray Abraham Copy Share Image
Do not be afraid of Confession! One who is in line to confess himself feels all these things - even shame -… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
The age is dull and mean. Men creep, Not walk; with blood too pale and tame To pay the debt they owe… — John Greenleaf Whittier Copy Share Image
Healthy things grow, and growing things change. If we allow fear or doubt or shame or insecurity to hold us back from… — Christine Caine Copy Share Image
“Each of us is allowed to revel in our own desires, no matter how dark or depraved they may seem; for we… — K. Kiker Copy Share Image
“We may also discover that sexual abuse helps to explain the high prevalence rates of eating disorders among women and may lend… — Karen A. Duncan Copy Share Image
“The moment you have to recruit people to put another person down, in order to convince someone of your value is the… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
“Shame is a virus that creates paralysis in its hosts. When you're busy telling yourself what a bad person you are, you… — Rachel Simmons Copy Share Image
I think about some of the novels I love - The Stranger, Disgrace, Quicksand and Passing, Giovanni's Room, The Talented Mr. Ripley.… — Danzy Senna Copy Share Image
“There is the family of our birth and then there is a more noble world to which we really belong; the richness… — Lewis Hyde Copy Share Image
Many people, especially men, feel it is an admission of weakness to ask for help or to express a need. But there… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
And the council doesn’t recognize any kind of temporary insanity defense. Which was a real shame, because most of the councilmen had… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only… — Starhawk Copy Share Image
One never comes into embarrassment, if one is ready to balance. To ask oneself never in embarrassment, what have you in these… — Siegfried Lenz Copy Share Image
It is a shame for a person to have been a Christian for years but not to have advanced beyond the knowledge… — Theodore Epp Copy Share Image
“Shame, as an emotion, has a core meaning, in relating individuals to wider social groups and norms -- real or imagined.” — Peter N. Stearns Copy Share Image
The joy of being a consumer is that it doesnt require thought, responsibility, self-awareness or shame: All you have to do is… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
I don't know why they call it a Walk of Shame. You just had sex last night and now everyone knows it.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
With 'Mouthful of Shame,' all of my fans or the majority of them said it's the best thing you've ever done and… — Jim Norton Copy Share Image
“Conviction says, 'My behavior was wrong.' Satan, on the other hand, floods our hearts with shame. Shame says, 'There is something wrong… — Dale Forehand Copy Share Image
Shameless actually good since it gives a kind of freedom. We consider the old, functionless shame destructive. Today, if you have a… — Karl Ove Knausgard Copy Share Image
I felt ashamed while saying Bulla's dialogues! There was a mixed feeling of shame and guilt, and I constantly questioned myself why… — Mukesh Rishi Copy Share Image
Branne's [Pavlovic] parents wanted him to become a taxi driver, but he became a stand-up comedian instead. So they died of shame. — Aron Flam Copy Share Image
“The most brazen humiliation ever inflicted upon God and mankind, justifying all the curses of the synagogue, is to be found in… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
So you were born, and that was a good day. Some day you'll die, and that is a shame. But somewhere in… — Tomas Kalnoky Copy Share Image
“Life is as tedious as a twice-told tale Vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man; And bitter shame hath spoil'd the… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It's a shame when other people's gambling habits change the meaning of paintings or when fluctuations of value start to dictate how… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image
Guide the people by law, subdue them by punishment; they may shun crime, but will be void of shame. Guide them by… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Growing up, my experience with transsexualism was nothing but shame. It was something very hidden, and dealt with very privately. — Laura Jane Grace Copy Share Image
“When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Courageous? Courageous would have been admitting weakness and leaving Dauntless, no matter what shame accompanied it. Pride is what killed Al, and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I was doing a children's book on self-esteem, and I really felt like I wanted to shed the shame I'd been feeling… — Jamie Lee Curtis Copy Share Image
Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a moment you could have… — Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr Copy Share Image
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