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I have seldom been described as shy. — Nicholas Sparks

She'll never understand the shyness of Sophie's words or the silence of her beauty. — Markus Zusak

If you want to be a reference librarian, you must learn to overcome not only your shyness but also the shyness of others! — S.R. Ranganathan

No one was in better position than I to know how easily shyness gets misread for arrogance or coldness or indifference. — Josh Lanyon

A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference. — Lisa Kleypas

A deal of the world's sound happiness is lost through Shyness. — Vernon Lee

I am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. — Morrissey

And then he gives me a smile that just seems so genuinely sweet with just the right touch of shyness that unexpected warmth rushes through me. — Suzanne Collins

I used to think that drinking would help my shyness, but all it did was exaggerate all the negative qualities. — Elizabeth Taylor

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that. — Stephanie Beacham

She had spoken it; but she trembled when it was done, conscious that her words were listened to, and daring not even to try to observe their effect. — Jane Austen

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness. — Al Pacino

The first symptom of love in a young man is shyness; the first symptom in a woman, it's boldness. — Victor Hugo

Where is home?
Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness.
Home is where the heart's tears can dry at their own pace. — Laura Wiess

Shy people are my favorites. The unmistakable glint of shyness in someone's eyes can mesmerize me for years! — Avijeet Das

Scientists have found the gene for shyness. They would have found it years ago, but it was hiding behind a couple of other genes. — Jonathan Katz

Fluttershyes are like regular shyes, only shinier, and, apparently - also shyer. Whenever petted - they don't flutter, but run away instead. — Will Advise

His conversations lost some of their syllables out of shyness. — Michael Ondaatje

Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand. — Lawrence Durrell

Rather awkwardly shy and therefore at times defensive and rather too assertive — John Edward Williams

The human mind is like Salome at the beginning of dance, hidden from the outside world by seven veils. Veils of reserve, shyness,fear. — Muriel Box

It is only through timidity that states are lost. — Voltaire

Shyness is nice, but shyness can stop you from doing all the things in life that you'd like to. — Steven Morrissey

Retain your shyness and drop your shame. — Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

A struggle with shyness is in every actor more than anyone can imagine. — Marilyn Monroe

Introductions are hard to come by when your natural state is shyness — Steve Martin

I think I had a shyness about me, I think I discovered acting as a way to break out of that and as a way of belonging, a sense of being special. — Michael C. Hall

All women are flirts, but some are restrained by shyness, and others by sense. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. — Dejan Stojanovic

Believe in your flyness ... conquer your shyness — Kanye West

The ones who stay unnoticed often see the most. They live out other people's lives, since their own are so unremarkable ... — Setona Mizushiro

Be not so severe as to cause shyness, nor so clement as to encourage boldness. — Saadi

We had not liked each other much at first. He mistook my shyness for arrogance and I failed to see that his arrogance masked his shyness. — Michael Nava

A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation. — Arthur Symons

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth. — Penelope Keith

Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men. — Chanakya

Deep rivers run quiet. — Haruki Murakami

Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people. — Andre Dubus

There is a shyness about me, and I really need to get out more. — Priscilla Presley

You're always saying people don't like you but people can't like something that's not there. — Cath Crowley

I'm kind of shy, and I think that I take that out by performing in front of a lot of people. That's how I get out my shyness. — Marilyn Manson

My Shyness Is Often Mistaken As My Rudeness — M..

A mix of shyness and arrogance; he has been rejected before. Somehow that cheapens him, his hesitance makes her strong. — Lakambini A. Sitoy

What I never overcame is a kind of shyness. — Kurt Masur

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

If we would see others as they see themselves, our shyness would soon become compassion. — Robert Breault

Don't feel shy - kiss. Kiss just to feel the joy of life and to get lost in the beauty of love. — Debasish Mridha

An author arrives at a good style when his language performs what is required of it without shyness. — Cyril Connolly

She also knows full well that "shy" is a negative word in our society. Above all, do not shame her for her shyness. — Susan Cain

Shyness displays itself differently in me. I think it's more an awkwardness. — Daniel Radcliffe

Though shyness per se was unacceptable, reserve was a mark of good breeding. — Susan Cain

people push themselves through shyness, doubt, and fear. They push boundaries. They push limits. They push beyond what's expected. It — Richard St. John

Shyness is a luxury reserved for those who are above the poverty line. To a beggar, being shy is deadly. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Never let shyness conquer your mind. — Arfa Karim

From the deepest silence between us arose uncertain, utterly vague and, as it were, whispered varieties on the theme 'smile'. — Nicola Lecca

Call it anything else if you will - fear, anxiety, nervousness, sweating
- but "shyness" is the historic word for it. — Richard N. Bolles

Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. — Jane Austen

Always a shy one, he swallowed his pill of Catholicism seriously. — Viet Thanh Nguyen

Shyness is invariably a suppression of something. It's almost a fear of what you're capable of. — Rhys Ifans

Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree. — Susan Cain

He who gives up shyness in monetary dealings, in acquiring knowledge, in eating and in business, becomes happy. — Chanakya

Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. — Jonathan Safran Foer

Shyness means you are in the hallway of a greater presence. You just don't know how to take the conversation another step. It's a lovely indication. — David Whyte

Shyness is I-ness. Shyness is really wondering if you have other people's approval. — Dorothy Sarnoff

A shy failure is nobler than an immodest success. — Khalil Gibran

Silence has always been my default mode - my best defense against the rest of the world. — Matthew Quick

Jenny was struck again by the contrast between his attractiveness and his shyness. It was endearing. — Katie Allen

It's so difficult for two shy people to manage. — J.D. Robb

The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration. — Ali Ibn Abi Talib

All my life, people have taken my shyness for sullenness, snobbery, bad temper of one sort or another. — Donna Tartt

Shyness is a condition foreign to the heart
a category, a dimension which leads to loneliness. — Pablo Neruda

A Coy Aversion

...a flutter
too shy
to be seen... — Muse

True humility is when you can surprise yourself more than others; the rest is either shyness or good marketing — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Shyness is shit. It isn't cute or feminine or appealing. It's torment, and it's shit. — Octavia E. Butler

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness. — Slash

Invisible people see invisible things. — Sarah E. Morin

You know what my greatest personal stumbling block is? My shyness. — Susan Lucci

Nothing beats that moment of revelation when shyness loses ground to boldness, and quiet moans turn into squeals and swearing. — Paulo Coelho

I'd let my golden chances pass me by. — Oscar Hammerstein II

I'm very shy so I became very outgoing to protect my shyness. — Don Rickles

But she wished she had had the guts to go up to him and say hello. Or possibly break his legs, she wasn't sure which. — Stieg Larsson

Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself. — Joseph Priestley, 1733-1804

Shyness, inexhaustible source of misfortunes in practical life, is the direct cause, indeed unique, each inner wealth. — Emil Cioran

And like the old stereotype, I overcame my shyness by making my friends laugh. — Paul Merton

You're not shy. You just like who you like. — Christina Baker Kline

Among the wealthy, generosity is often merely a kind of shyness. — Friedrich Nietzsche

She could be quite brave in the presence of a Wyverary, but tall and lovely ladies made her shy, even if they were made of soap. — Catherynne M Valente

Friends are a wonderful thing. They won't make you feel like a nothing. — Justine Hail

What he feared the most was that all this hiding had made it impossible for him to ever be found again. — John Corey Whaley

I'm shy in person - so afraid to confess my love - I need a go-between - our mutual friend, the Moon ... — John Geddes

I have left out what I don't remember or don't know. Temperament, fear, shyness, obedience, kindness. — Gerald Stern

I've gotten better at not making people feel uncomfortable with my shyness. — Clea Duvall

Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. — Vernon Baker

Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness. — Criss Jami

Being shy is a symptom of a low self-esteem. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I do not say what I feel, and people often take that for shyness, even kindness. — Amy Bloom

I've gotten over my shyness from many years of doing public events. — Alex Honnold

shyness is caused by an internal feeling that you are not worthy to be in the conversation. — Scott Adams

I am the sun who will bring delight when you are in-front of me. I am the moon who will show shyness when you are away from me. — Santosh Kalwar

If you want to do something big in your life, you must remember that shyness is only the mind, — Arfa Karim