Phenomenon Quote by Jock Sturges

There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.

— Mark Twain

We are always striving for things forbidden, and coveting those denied us.

— Ovid

Shame may restrain what law does not prohibit.

— Anonymous

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.

— Michel de Montaigne

I don't know the reasons why something is intimidating to me or disgusting to me and I don't like feeling that way, either. I…

— Will Oldham

To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind to 't.

— Michel de Montaigne

“When we are exposed without any way to protect ourselves, we feel the pain of shame. If we are continually overexposed, shame becomes toxic.”

— John Bradshaw

“The triggering event and resulting shame is worse than being rejected because rejection assumes a path by which to return to acceptability. The fear…

— Dan B. Allender

False shame only is harmful.

— Livy

All taboos serve different human interests by avoiding those things which threaten to cause offence or distress

— Kate Burridge

Reason forbade me many things which, Instinctively, my nature was attracted to; And a perpetual loss I feel if, knowing, I believe a falsehood…

— Al-Maʿarri

Even if we encounter some shameful events in the past, we shouldn't avoid or hide them.

— Anonymous