Shy Quotes

920 Shy quotes by 740 unique authors

All along — not only since she left, but for a decade before — I had been imagining her without listening, without knowing that she… — John Green
Were it possible for us to see further than our knowledge reaches, and yet a little way beyond the outworks of our divinings, perhaps we… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Journeys up the Metaphoric River are hugely enjoyable and highly recommended. Since every genre is nourished by its heady waters, a paddle steamer can take… — Jasper Fforde
Misa: Hey, Light. Wanna come sleep with me tonight? Light: Wh-what are you talking about…? Misa: Ha ha ha! Just kidding! You're saving me for… — Tsugumi Ohba
Not that I was incapable of friendship. 'Don't be shy', the teachers coaxed. I was not shy, only extremely choosy. And Denise shone like a… — Anneli Rufus
A new person in your life gives the rest of you a chance to be new, too. Your life can be whatever you want it… — Deb Caletti
Shy” was the sympathetic interpretation she got from older people. “Snotty” was the interpretation she got from people her own age. — Ann Brashares
The pants come down. Most look shamefaced, but tha Arthur McBride is not the least bit shy about showing off his equipment, oh no, he… — L.A. Meyer
Sam reached his hand toward mine and I automatically put my fingers in his. With a guilty little smile he pulled my hand toward his… — Maggie Stiefvater
A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness… — Nalini Singh
The library was like a second home. Or maybe more like a real home, more than the place I lived in. By going every day… — Haruki Murakami
THE soul should always stand ajar, That if the heaven inquire, He will not be obliged to wait, Or shy of troubling her. Depart, before… — Emily Dickinson
It didn't help matters that I was shy and wore glasses. I was never one to stand out in the crowd. I liked to stay… — Lisa Kleypas
I almost went to bed without remembering the four white violets I put in the button-hole of your green sweater and how i kissed you… — Leonard Cohen
Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy. — Donald Miller
Into the dark night Resignedly I go, I am not so afraid of the dark night As the friends I do not know, I do… — Stevie Smith
I almost tell him that I'd never be able to do something like that, just take out my instrument and begin playing on a street… — Andrew Clements
If writers possess a common temperament, it's that they tend to be shy egomaniacs; publicity is the spotlight they suffer for the recognition they crave. — Gail Caldwell
They might be kittens," she said hopefully. "They're stalking us." "They might be shy." "I don't think it's kittens, Valkyrie." "Puppies, then? — Derek Landy
Nick! Wait!” – Kyrian ‘Wait, my gluteus maximus. Vampire was shy of a few quarts of blood if he thought Nick had any intention of… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Wanna rock you, girl, with a butterfly tunic. / No, I'm not gay, I'm just your emo enuch. / Gonna smile real shy, won't cop… — Libba Bray
Don't be so anxious about it,' she laughed. 'I'm not used to being loved. I wouldn't know what to do; I never got the trick… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
I was too tired to think. I merely felt the town as a unique unreality. What was it? I knew -- the moon's picture of… — E E Cummings
Violet heard the coughing and came running back. She sank down on the bench beside Rose, putting her arm around the older girl and holding… — Jessica Day George
I'm not body-shy -- it's hard to grow up in the Summerlands, where clothes are solidly optional, and stay body-shy -- but that doesn't mean… — Mira Grant

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