Shame Quote by Kirsty Eagar

“It's not that I have no shame. Rather, I'm exhausted with shame, slippery all over with its sticky albumen taint. It is not an…

— Lionel Shriver

“But shame is like a wound that is never exposed and therefore never heals.”

— Andreas Eschbach

“Shame is like melting. You can actually feel your muscles sag and drop, as if your body is preparing you to crawl, or possibly…

— Maureen Johnson

“I think shame is the most profound of all emotions; I think the world is ruled by shame.”

— J.R. Salamanca

“I have learned that for me, shame is like kryptonite. It was utterly destructive, a boot on my neck for most of my life.…

— Laura Parrott Perry

“Shame is a distinct feeling. I couldn’t look at my hands around the coffee cup or hear my own laments without feeling appalled, wanting…

— Jane Smiley

“Shame is the fruit of my vanities, and remorse, and the clearest knowledge of how the world's delight is a brief dream.”

— Petrarch

“I guess that's when I understood what shame was and the color of it too. Shame ain't black, like dirt, like I always thought…

— Kathryn Stockett

“Shame is the cruelest weapon”

— D.S. Wrights

“word on shame: If there is any one thing that can hold us back, it is our own self-loathing. If we move through our…

— Jeff Brown

“When I feel ashamed, it means I feel there isn’t just something wrong with what I’ve done, there is something wrong with who I…

— Desmond Tutu

“There is no other shame like senseless sin.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita