“Because I could get uromysitisis poisoning and die. That's why!...Do you think I enjoy living like this?...the shame, the humiliation...You know I have been issued a public urination pass by the city because of my condition. Unfortunately my little brother ran out of the house with it this morning.”— Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld, imdb.com
“While on trial for a murder I didn’t commit, my prosecutor painted me as a sex-crazed femme fatale with magical powers to control men. The tabloids loved that story. So did the public. So did the jury. I lost years of my life to prison because of two-dimensional and misogynist stereotypes.”— Amanda Knox, thecut.com
“I regret that my shame is now shared by the people I cherish dearly. Repairing the damage will take a lot of time and soul searching and I’m committed to beginning that effort. It is now my full time job.”— Matt Lauer, pagesix.com
“My girlfriend's dad is so religious, he won't let us sleep together... Which is a shame, because he's a really attractive man.”— madazzahatter, reddit.com
“You're born a heterosexual. It's not a choice. Who would choose this? The guilt, the shame...and do you think I'm happy having to hire a decorator?”— Garry Shandling, esquire.com
“Come with all your shame, come with your swollen heart, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you.”— Warsan Shire, wordsfortheyear.com
“There is no shame in being hungry for another person. There is no shame in wanting very much to share your life with somebody.”— Augusten Burroughs, amazon.com
“One of the reasons why we crave love, and seek it so desperately, is that love is the only cure for loneliness, and shame, and sorrow. But some feelings sink so deep into the heart that only loneliness can help you find them again. Some truths about yourself are so painful that only shame can help y…”— Gregory David Roberts, amazon.com
“i am afraid that if i open myself i will not stop pouring. (why do i fear becoming a river. what mountain gave me such shame”— Jamie Oliveira, builtupchaos.wordpress.com
“You can never be sure if what tortures you is the pain of being without someone you love or the embarrassment of being rejected.”— Stephen Fry, amazon.com
“Never be ashamed of what you feel. You have the right to feel any emotion that you want, and to do what makes you happy.”— Demi Lovato, amazon.com
“Come with all your shame, come with your swollen heart, I’ve never seen anything more beautiful than you.”— Warsan Shire, staceymuhammad-blog.tumblr.com
“Some things you can fix, and some things you can’t. And I just think it is a shame to walk away from the things you can.”— Dana Reinhardt, amazon.com
“It is not humiliating to be unhappy. Physical suffering is sometimes humiliating, but the suffering of being cannot be, it is life.”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“I just wanted to tell you that with all your faults I love you. I love or revere very few people. As for the rest, I’m ashamed of my indifference to them. But for those I love, nothing and no one, neither I nor certainly they themselves, can ever make me stop loving them. It took me a long time to l…”— Albert Camus, amazon.com
“When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty, I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.”— C. S. Lewis, amazon.com