Death Quote by Alison Bechdel

“I remember the embarrassment I felt when Lie With Me came out over ten years ago. There was no good way for me to…

— Tamara Faith Berger

I think if you were to sever the connection between arousal and shame, you might actually come up with something liberating and socially useful.…

— Alan Moore

“Sexual shame is in itself a kind of death.”

— Alison Bechdel

The idea that the more you hide something, the more it becomes something that's supposed to feel shameful is very true.

— Shonda Rhimes

Shame hates it when we reach out and tell our story. It hates having words wrapped around it- it can't survive being shared. Shame…

— Brené Brown

I believe we all have lists of shame. Long lists. We live with our constellation of shames quite privately. But they weigh us down.…

— Victoria Redel

we are beginning to understand that this instinct of sex which has been so great a cause of suffering and shame and has been…

— Maude Royden

“Shame is the deepest of the “negative emotions,” a feeling we will do almost anything to avoid. Unfortunately, our abiding fear of shame impairs…

— Gabor Maté

Far from poisoning the mind, pornography shows the deepest truth about sexuality, stripped of romantic veneer.

— Camille Paglia

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

— Beth Ditto

Shame is removed through love.

— Danny Silk

It's sad that the most glorious of sexual experiences can make us feel guilty, ashamed, embarrassed, and abnormal.

— Sue Johanson