167 Quotes About Shyness
- Author Jaclyn Moriarty
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It's tricky being shy. You blame yourself for it, and other people blame you too.
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- Author Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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We are often, if not usually, greeted mainly, or even merely, as an attempt to stop us from looking at the person greeting us, at least for a bit.
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- Author J.E. Birk
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Sometimes I just forget how to "people.
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- Author Joel Annesley
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Shyness is born from a lack of self-confidence and fear of ridicule. In my case it latched on to the young boy who didn’t have confidence in himself or his abilities after being belittled by his first-grade teacher. Introversion, on the other hand, is a tremendous gift that allows for inquisitive curiosity about life. Introversion created in this young boy a fascination with life, nature, science, creativity, and imagination.
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- Author Tessa Hadley
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And that was true too, that was what the Culverts were like: crucified by their shyness and at the same time contemptuous of the world of ordinary people they couldn't talk to.
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- Author Roxane Gay
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I was a shy girl, but when I read, I was adventurous. Books made me bolder.
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- Author Setona Mizushiro
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The ones who stay unnoticed often see the most. They live out other people's lives, since their own are so unremarkable...
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- Author Matthew Quick
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Silence has always been my default mode—my best defense against the rest of the world.
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- Author Christina Baker Kline
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You're not shy. You just like who you like.
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