“Dating is like your haircut. Sometimes awkward triangles occur.”— Tina Fey, Kay Cannon, Jack Donaghy, Alec Baldwin, imdb.com
“Diaz: Look, man. Nobody's ever gonna see that footage; the case was cut and dry. It's not like I'm dying to tell anyone I saw your- Boyle: Benny and the Jets.”— Michael Schur, Daniel J. Goor, Charles Boyle, Joe Lo Truglio, imdb.com
“Turk: I'm not telling Isabella she's got a vagina until she's 18! Kim: That's gonna be an awkward birthday party.”— Tad Quill, Christopher Turk, Donald Faison, imdb.com
“How is it that no man understands that every woman, whether she's sixteen or sixty, still has that awkward, insecure, self-conscious teenage girl inside of her?”— Bonnie Sikowitz, Elliot Reid, Sarah Chalke, imdb.com
“On the walk back from the restaurant, I run into the same high school classmate I saw last night. We say hi again; I think we're both equally weirded out.”— Money Diaries, refinery29.com
“J.D.: Oh, God, his ex-wife. The tension actually hurts. You have to break it; say something, anything! [aloud] Banana hammock! Dr. Cox: I'm betting your ability to thrive under pressure is what drove you to medicine.”— Debra Fordham, John 'J.D.' Dorian, Zach Braff, imdb.com
“The best way to get over the fear of the unknown is to make it known.”— McKenzie Schwark, zine.talktabu.com
“Since the dawn of the 1970s, Fantasy role-playing games have provided men and women with an escape from their awkward lives.”— Spencer Crittenden, The Game Master, Spencer Crittenden, imdb.com
“Dean: You're not gonna try to kill me, are you? Sam: No. Dean: Good. 'Cause that would be awkward.”— Richard Hatem, Dean Winchester, Jensen Ackles, imdb.com
“[first date] HER: So do you prefer cats or dogs? ME: *scanning the menu* I don't even see them on here. What page are you on?”— Floyd, twitter.com
“That awkward moment when you leave a store without buying anything and all you can think is ‘act natural, you’re innocent.’”— Unknown, tcat.tc
“What do you do at the end of a date when you know you don't want to see this person ever again, for the rest of your life? What do you say? What do you say? No matter what you say, it's a lie. ‘I’ll see you around. See you around. If you're around, and I'm around, I'll see you around that area. You'…”— Larry Charles, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“I have always been awkward in my human. Some people love themselves easily. For me, it feels like strange, like kissing with braces.”— Andrea Gibson, fuckyeahandreagibson.tumblr.com
“I like people who have a sense of individuality. I love expression and anything awkward and imperfect, because that’s natural and that’s real.”— Marc Jacobs, goodreads.com
“If it gets awkward, let it be awkward. That awkwardness is something they created. You don’t owe anyone a performance of being okay when you are not feeling okay so that they can feel better about themselves.”— Jennifer Peepas, internal-acceptance-movement.tumblr.com
“There’s a difference between awkward pauses and pauses filled with sexual tension. When there’s a pause in conversation, what happens? Do you feel like you want to run away, or do you want to get even closer?”— Tell You All, tellyouall.com
“For as long as I can remember, I have always felt anxious in social settings. Whether that be in class or at parties, or even in just groups of more than three people, I just always feel uncomfortable, paranoid, and painfully awkward.”— Krystal Naval, thoughtcatalog.com
“You shouldn’t try to stop everything from happening. Sometimes you’re supposed to feel awkward. Sometimes you’re supposed to be vulnerable in front of people. Sometimes it’s necessary because it’s all part of you getting to the next part of yourself, the next day.”— Cecelia Ahern, amazon.com