“ It’s a dangerous feeling getting noticed, being wanted. Getting seen deep and proper, it’s shit hot but terrible too. It’s like being took over. And your whole skin hurts like you suddenly grew two sizes in a minute. Tim Winton
“ Your shyness alone will bring you more emotional and material losses than all of your other negative attributes. Amit Kalantri
“ Alcohol is one of the quickest vehicles with which we escape shyness, our problems, and self-consciousness, for a few hours. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly. Mokokoma Mokhonoana
“ Reading his autobiography many years later, I was astonished to find that Edward since boyhood had—not unlike Isaiah Berlin—often felt himself ungainly and ill-favored and awkward in bearing. He had a… Christopher Hitchens
“ Introverts may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas. They prefer to devote their social energies to close friends,… Susan Cain
“ We met a great many other interesting people, among them Lewis Carroll, author of the immortal Alice--but he was only interesting to look at, for he was the silliest and shyest full-grown man I have e… Mark Twain
“ There's a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic. Rasheed Ogunlaru
