Absence Quote by William S. Burroughs

There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

— Beth Ditto

I believe we all have lists of shame. Long lists. We live with our constellation of shames quite privately. But they weigh us down.…

— Victoria Redel

“The major problem in our lives is to decide and clarify our responsibilities. To truly be committed to a life of honesty, love and…

— John Bradshaw

There is no shame — having a dirty face — the shame comes when you keep it dirty.

— Truman Capote

Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

— Julie Burchill

I think if you were to sever the connection between arousal and shame, you might actually come up with something liberating and socially useful.…

— Alan Moore

“MALE I AM ASHAMED "Male, I am ashamed today to be or not to be. Seeing your pleasures gained with bleeding stains. The pain…

— Amit Abraham

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

False shame only is harmful.

— Livy

“A pervasive sense of shame is the ongoing premise that one is fundamentally bad, inadequate, defective, unworthy, or not fully valid as a human…

— Merle Fossum

You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any…

— Salman Rushdie

It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.

— Blaise Pascal