304 Quotes About Awkward
- Author Keary Taylor
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We didn't say or write anything for a long time. Normally silence like that was uncomfortable and awkward. Like you needed to say something to fill the empty space in the air. But it didn't feel like that with Samantha. Maybe it was because I couldn't say anything and fill the quiet, but I thought it was more about two people just being with each other, enjoying the slowdown and the rare sunshine.
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- Author Colleen Hoover
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Don’t, Mom.” I begin walking toward her, but I can see the mist forming in her eyes. “No, no, no.” By the time I reach her, it’s too late. She’s bawling. If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s crying. Not because it makes me emotional, but because it annoys the hell out of me. And it’s awkward.
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- Author André Aciman
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My father, who couldn't resist not leaving well enough alone and needed to top his entire performance with a little fillip of more recent vintage, added that what was truly amazing was that, in Israel and in many Arab countries nowadays, the fruit is referred to by a totally different name: mishmish.My mother was nonplussed. We all, including my two cousins who were visiting that week, had an impulse to clap.
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- Author Sophie Kinsella
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She's been used to hiding her feelings for so long, no wonder her manner can be a little awkward.
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- Author Kiyohiko Azuma
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(Sakaki and Osaka lying on towels at the beach)...Osaka: You know them Hemmorrhoids...Sakaki: ...Eh? =-OOsaka: Some folks call 'em "Hemorrhoids", but others call 'em "Roids".Why does the one not have an "H" in it? Which one's right?Sakaki: ......Osaka: Would it be under "H" or "R" in the dictionary?Sakaki: ...I don't know. =/
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- Author Mary Kate
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Yes, life is full of awkward moments! For example, that time you keep dazing off while staring at the same person you found yourself staring at five minutes ago. *gulp* So glad staring is still not illegal. Or, at least I'm glad for my own benefit.
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- Author Israelmore Ayivor
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It’s awkward to wake up one day to see the trumpet working hard to lead in the shoes of the microphone. You can only lead where you can function better!
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- Author Julie Buxbaum
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You match, you know? Your outsides and your insides are beautiful,” David says, and he throws one arm stiffly over my shoulder. The movement is awkward and clumsy and because of this awkwardness and clumsiness—not despite it—I’m charmed.
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- Author Carl Sagan
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It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter how it may bother those in power; we are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible, and which are not. …
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