Human race Quote by Jeffrey Eugenides

“There is a sense, I think, in which the swindler and the swindled deserve each other. It is a kind of mutual humiliation society.”

— Teju Cole

“was embarrassed that I once thought myself superior to him, stooping to sprinkle my wealth and wisdom into his lowly life.”

— Ron Hall

“A wave of embarrassment washed over him, and he checked to see if any of his posters had noticed. They stayed put, emotionless and…

— Ariel Dorfman

“Learning that he was a professional swindler should have made her shame a hundred times worse. Instead, it took the sting out of it.…

— Rose Lerner

“Money can make shame feel like a luxury.”

— Jeremy Scott Blaustein

“He was in a beastly hole. But decency demanded that he shouldn't act in panic. He had a mechanical, normal panic that made him…

— Ford Madox Ford

“It had nothing to do with morality. Embarrassment, that’s all it was. And right then I submitted. I would go to the war—I would…

— Tim O'Brien

“He was poor and foolish and people will always have a place in their hearts for the harmless.”

— Tim Winton

“The bastard. It's bad enough knowing he's stolen our money,but it's humiliating having to watch him spend it.”

— Jeffrey Archer

“Although he could have shot me or turned us back, he did what I gambled every honorable man forced to take a bribe would…

— Viet Thanh Nguyen

“There's something repulsive about an American without money in his pocket.”

— Paul Bowles

“what was astonishing to him was how people seemed to run out of their own being, run out of whatever the stuff was that…

— Philip Roth