Contemporary-romance Quote by Robyn Carr

“It was easy to read him as shy or uncertain, she thought, but he really wasn’t either.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“We had not liked each other much at first. He mistook my shyness for arrogance and I failed to see that his arrogance masked…

— Michael Nava

“I mean, he’s the kind of guy that when he wants something, he lets it be known. He’s not shy about that at all.”

— Jennifer L. Armentrout

“It was true. I wasn't good with liking someone. my instinct was total self-preservation: show no sign of weakness. This was my pathetic way…

— Jennifer Castle

“She hadn’t been avoiding him all these years because she was shy. No, she was head over heels in love with him.”

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“You only like guys you don't have a chance with, because you're scared.”

— Jenny Han

“Why was it that boys said girls were so hard to understand when she hadn't known a single guy who hadn't confused her to…

— C.C. Hunter

“How did the man manage to charm her with his shy, quiet way? She never knew until this moment how utterly endearing a shy…

— T.A. Grey

“For weeks I had mistaken his stare for barefaced hostility. I was wide of the mark. It was simply a shy man's way of…

— André Aciman

“I despised him for liking me so much. I wondered how he could settle for so little.”

— Marian Keyes

“I never lost the certainty that he was the perfect boy. The perfect boy for me anyway. I just tried not to think about…

— Cat Clarke

“The better she understood the depths of his feelings, the more confident she would be. He wanted her confident.”

— Gena Showalter