Shy Quotes

920 Shy quotes by 740 unique authors

After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving behind… — N.D. Wilson
I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something… — Jonathan Safran Foer
I am convinced that most people do not grow up...We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I think what we… — Maya Angelou
One is always half mad when one is shy of people. — Robert Walser
It’s funny—when people call you “shy,” they usually smile. Like it’s cute, some funny little habit you’ll grow out of when you’re older, like the… — Claudia Gray
She forgot to be shy at the moment, in honestly warning him away from the sunken wreck he had a dream of raising; and looked… — Charles Dickens
I recommend you stick to your own species, Shy Babe." p. 155 — James Patterson
There are many Beths in the world, shy and quiet, sitting in corners till needed, and living for others so cheerfully that no one sees… — Louisa May Alcott
I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks,… — Jeff Lindsay
He was painfully shy, which, as is often the manner of the painfully shy, he overcompensated for by being too loud at the wrong times. — Neil Gaiman
I'm always a bit shy around evil people... — Craig Ferguson
I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural… — Jane Austen
It only meant that my natural inclination was to draw my "energy" from within instead of seeking it outside myself, plus my mom was an… — Sue Monk Kidd
She holds herself with such reserve. She smiles, but the smile doesn't reach her eyes, even in the company of the girls she's chosen to… — Lauren Myracle
Clearly she was expected to say something, but panic at having to speak stole the thoughts from her head. — Shannon Hale
The warm dampness of her breath made me shiver at the mix of the familiar and the unknown, with a soft exhalation she shifted her… — Kim Harrison
One of the best things about life is friends. We all agree on that. And yet our shyness with strangers often prevents friendship from ever… — Jerry Spinelli
But at some point you have to make peace with what you were given and if God wanted me to be a shy girl with… — Elizabeth Gilbert
There's something fascinating about seeing something you don't like at first but directly know you will love—in time. People are that way, all through life.… — Vincent Price
As she came closer to him she noticed that there was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as… — Frances Hodgson Burnett
Nature Boy There was a boy A very strange enchanted boy They say he wandered very far, very far Over land and sea A little… — David Bowie
Go see old virgins! Now ask a strange boy out, you shy, Retarded thing! — Maureen Johnson
I would never be popular. I didn't want to be; I liked being shy. I'd never be the smartest or the hottest or the happiest.… — Laurie Halse Anderson
We mustn't claim to stand for our King but then deny Him by living a fleshly existence. Our King's Mighties don't shy away from the… — Eric Ludy
Slender Youth. A tour companion who may be either a lost prince or a girl/princess in disguise. In the latter case it is tactful to… — Diana Wynne Jones

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