Shame Quote by Devon Monk

“And like I said, I didn’t know him very well, but my ears perked up whenever I heard his name. I guess I wanted…

— Jay Asher

“No, no -- no pity, please," said Rumfoord, stepping back, afraid of being touched. "It's a very good thing, really. I'll be seeing lots…

— Kurt Vonnegut

“He had always liked a good mess—God knows he had sure made a few. In typical form, he squared his shoulders, furrowed his brows…

— Shelley K. Wall

“Why is it their business? They expect me to go sit at their fucking picnic—alone—and watch them with their happy fucking little families, and…

— Marie Sexton

“I’ve seen one kind of stupid, and another. We all bump into each other every day of our lives, by guess and by golly,…

— Greg Bear

“In reality I said nothing at all, but I heard a murmur, something gone wrong with the silence, and I pricked up my ears,…

— Samuel Beckett

“Let’s talk.’ he spits the words out like they are garbage in his mouth. ‘Please, don’t go. I’ll talk.” ‘You want to talk?’ He…

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“There's a strange moment in time, after something horrible happens, when you know it's true but you haven't told anyone yet. Of all things,…

— Barbara Kingsolver

“His silence told me everything.”

— Anonymous

“You could barely understand the man, he was that posh. It was not so much speech as modulated yawning.”

— Terry Pratchett

“I can be quiet,’ I whisper. ‘Gag me if you must.’ He smirks. ‘Trust me, you’ll be screaming. No gag will stifle it.”

— Jodi Ellen Malpas

“I, uh, didn't mean to upset everyone." "Didn't you though?" he spoke softly. "You seem to have a habit of coming in like a…

— Chanda Hahn