Shyness Quote by Jane Austen

“She couldn't have told you whether it was because she was afraid, or because such a voice in the darkness seemed of necessity a…

— Henry James

“it was enough just to free the words so that the voices in her head were stilled.”

— Kate Morton

“She could keep her silence, it was evident, as energetically as she could talk.”

— L.M. Montgomery

“She felt that her speech was voicing the incoherency her thoughts, and stopped abruptly.”

— Kate Chopin

“When I spoke to her, I had the feeling that her thoughts had been nourished in wide-open spaces where talk was sparse and silence…

— Siri Hustvedt

“But her mind was so busily engaged, that she did not always know when she was silent.”

— Jane Austen

“When she spoke her voice was clear. "I do this so you cannot help but hear. a wise man views a moonless night with…

— Patrick Rothfuss

“...she still found no words in which she could express the complexity of her feelings; indeed, she could not even find thoughts in which…

— Leo Tolstoy

“If she got really quiet and listened, new parts of her wanted to speak.”

— SARK

“She would rather remain silent, but her voice is no longer something to fear. It’s strong. Powerful. A weapon of emotions.”

— Laura Kreitzer

“Come to think of it, she did not speak a word. Yet I could have sworn she had the most beautiful voice.”

— Julie Klassen

“She was tired of people saying things they thought she wanted to hear almost as much as she dreaded them saying the things she…

— Freya North