“ Patrick and I were about as different as two people could possibly be. Nothing embarrasses Patrick very much, and everything embarrasses me. Just being alive embarrasses me. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
“ You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ The fear of getting knocked down is less about the pain of the fall and more about the embarrassment in having fallen. And so, to rid myself of the latter is to reduce my concern about the former, whi… Craig D. Lounsbrough
“ Regard yourself as a small corporation of one. Take yourself off on team-building exercises (long walks). Hold a Christmas party every year at which you stand in the corner of your writing room, shout… Will Self
“ They saw me. Milton's smile curled off his face like unsticky tape. And I knew immediately, I was a boy band, a boondoggle, born fool. He was going to pull a Danny Zuko in when Sandy says hello to hi… Marisha Pessl
“ Anyone who isn't embarrassed of who they were last year probably isn't learning enough. Alain de Botton
“ My fear is that he'll forget me," she bemoaned with crystalline sadness. I took her hand, limp with loss and held it. "I'd rather not be remembered by any man as it saves me the embarrassment. Donna Lynn Hope
“ You can never really trust someone who remembers every embarrassing detail of your adolescence. Daniel Clowes
