Blunder Quote by Marcel Proust

“He was one of those susceptible, highly-strung persons who cannot bear to have made a blunder which, though they do not admit it to…

— Marcel Proust

“He took the risk and his people had died. He blamed himself. It didn't reflect in his face, but I saw it in his…

— Ilona Andrews

“Well--there it was, and the fault was doubtless neither hers nor his, but that of the world they had grown up in, of their…

— Edith Wharton

“When all was said, his fate, however ugly it might prove to be, was in his own hands; he was its master.”

— Victor Hugo

“He was a complicated man, layer upon layer of self-containment.”

— J.T. Ellison

“but his cares had been directed to the understanding and manners, not the disposition; and of the necessity of self-denial and humility, he feared…

— Jane Austen

“He was sometimes stern but more often kindly---just according to his lights, but he saw the world in simple shades of black and white,…

— John Christopher

“He never did rid himself of the feeling that he had been denied his rightful place. It kept him from being good-natured, and made…

— Warren Eyster

“There wasn’t a bit of innocence or purity in him. He was sinful and cynical. Unapologetic. He cared nothing for the world. He just…

— Joanna Chambers

“What is this self inside us, this silent observer, Severe and speechless critic, who can terrorize us And urge us to futile activity, And…

— Anonymous

“He composed himself inwardly. Sparing the world his awkwardness, hiding vulnerability. Preserving his pride.”

— Julie Anne Long

“He was perpetually on guard against the ways that abstract thinking (especially thinking about your own thinking) can draw you away from something more…

— James Ryerson