167 Quotes About Shyness

It was a relief to inhabit someone else's life for a while, to get her personal issues for a brief respite. In a play, she knew exactly how all her character's problems would be resolved. No matter how the cast performed, the end turned out the same. No questions, no worries, no unknowns.

Some kids were afraid of the darkI was too, but eventually I hid in it like a sparkI lit myself but soon disappearedBecause being seen is what I mostly feared

Watching what happens isn’t the same as being part of it.

Our fear of aloneness incites us to look for love. The terror of never finding anyone to share of with lives eventually causes us to forgo our natural shyness, mingle with other people, and express compassion.

It is doubly unfortunate to be ignorant or stupid … and confident.

It is often asked why the greatest performers are so timid in private. Confident people get attention naturally. Shy people must do something extraordinary or outrageous to have similar recognition.

Some people are extroverts only when they are drunk.

Shyness is a symptom of and a punishment for thinking too little of and too much about yourself.

The comedy in our lives was those first few weeks we lived together in Paris: Our bodies desired one another, our souls opened for one another. We experienced all of the happiness and anguish of first love. Those first few weeks in Paris, we barely touched lips; yet the few times we did, it had the force of a collision of stars.