“Thereafter, he ennobled shame. He bore it in my presence like a burden, like a tiger clinging to his shoulders, the threat… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
“All of this caused Kiyoaki constant pain. In comparison with Satoko’s public humiliation, however, he did not even have a slighting remark… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Gettin' brain from a bitch and thinkin' "God damn, what's her name?" Sometimes I just shake my head and tell myself this… — J Cole Copy Share Image
Judaism will be enmeshed in pride and shame for as long as it endures. But to endure as a country, Israel must… — Elizabeth Wurtzel Copy Share Image
“It is important to announce your intentions at top volume, she thought, or your intentions will think you are ashamed of them.” — Catherynne M. Valente Copy Share Image
Embarrassment is the worst! It's the feeling of having your entire body go numb and not knowning what to do with yourself… — Miley Cyrus Copy Share Image
If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn. If he lives with hostility, he learn s to fight. If a… — Dorothy Nolte Copy Share Image
There is an element of anger among women who've been raped. There's certainly a major element of humiliation. But it really does… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
You can't look outside of yourself. You must look within yourself, and address all of the things that are going on within… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“Though this new forest grew mightily, elsewhere the mighty jungles fell. Elsewhere the coastal rain forests that furred the body of the… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
We live in such hypersexualised yet totally prudish times. People have this expectation about everyone else's relationship to their own bodies.'Surely you… — Katherine Waterston Copy Share Image
“it has been and always will be my desire not to attack even those whom public repute disgraces. I am not delighted… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
There can be people who are feminist, and people who hold the completely opposite view but are still feminists. It seems to… — Neil Strauss Copy Share Image
But somewhere within each of us, buried at varying depths depending on the age and degree of neglect or abuse, shame or… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
Without a sense of the shame or guilt of his or her action, the child will only be hardened in rebellion by… — C. Sommerville Copy Share Image
we are beginning to understand that this instinct of sex which has been so great a cause of suffering and shame and… — Maude Royden Copy Share Image
Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong to us, but we still… — Lupita Nyong'o Copy Share Image
I understand the reasons why golfers who play LIV Golf do it and it's a shame they have to relinquish their status… — Jon Rahm Copy Share Image
The extremes of glory and of shame, Like east and west, become the same No Indian prince has to his palace -… — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
But self-abasement is just inverted egoism. Anyone who acts with genuine humility will be as far from humiliation as from arrogance. — Stephen Mitchell Copy Share Image
I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually… — Jo Brand Copy Share Image
Steal not this book for fear of shame For on it is the owners name And when you die the Lord will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame. — Thomas Gray Copy Share Image
Embarrassment felt a lot like eating chili peppers. It burned in the back of your throat and there was nothing you could… — Sarah Addison Allen Copy Share Image
My mom grew up in extreme poverty, and always spoke of it with a look of disgust. She felt pressured to fit… — Stephanie Land Copy Share Image
Inter's infrastructure is a shame, to be honest. That such a prestigious club does not find a way to invest in its… — Xherdan Shaqiri Copy Share Image
In a world that has no shame I've had enough of seeing love Being played like some game I know why the… — Rachel Copy Share Image
There's no shame in losing money on a stock. Everybody does it. What is shameful is to hold on to a stock,… — Peter Lynch Copy Share Image
Being natural and matter-of-fact about nudity prevents your children from developing an attitude of shame and guilt about the human body. — Lee Salk Copy Share Image
There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
“That man penetrated me with his shame. Shame, I realize now, is an infectious disease. Shame can be sexually transmitted.” — Jessica Stern Copy Share Image
Rather than being able to have a healthy relationship with our own sexual imagination, we're driven into some dark corners by shame… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“No one taps her deepest gifts through shame, guilt or anger. In fact, if you come from obligation, others smell the sadness… — Tama Kieves Copy Share Image
Not everyone can afford to eat well in America, which is a literal shame, but most of us can: Americans spend less… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The worst pain in the world is shame. I spend a lot of time trying to not do anything bad to anyone,… — Fiona Apple Copy Share Image
“Once again, Desmond’s argument served to suck the fire out of me, leaving the remnants of a sputtering coal of embarrassment that… — Bella Forrest Copy Share Image
It's a shame you know," he called over his shoulder. "What's a shame?" Duncan asked. "That I didn't capture her first." Duncan… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
“My debts are large, my failures great, my shame secret and heavy; yet when I come to ask for my good, I… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Be strong: we are not here to play, to dream, to drift, we have hard work to do and loads to lift,… — Maltbie Davenport Babcock Copy Share Image
Are you one of those people who says on a first date, 'I'm really not in a hurry to meet somebody, I… — Augusten Burroughs Copy Share Image
