“ 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
