“Please don’t tell anyone this, but I wanna be happy.”— Lena Dunham, Hannah Horvath, Lena Dunham, imdb.com
“Wherever I am, it's a really good feeling to have that connection to people. I love to go out to talk to people and be with folks. I don't shy away from it.”— Danny DeVito, theguardian.com
“Greenaway: You ever ask anyone out? Reid: [nervously shifts his eyes] No. Greenaway: That's why you can't get a date.”— Edward Allen Bernero, Elle Greenaway, Lola Glaudini, imdb.com
“I found I didn’t get so shy if I sort of adopted a character. So it was a convenience, as well as a very bright theatrical idea.”— David Bowie, amazon.com
“The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid.”— Lady Bird Johnson, thoughtco.com
“I'm too shy to express my sexual needs except over the phone to people I don't know.”— Garry Shandling, books.google.com
“It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.”— John Updike, amazon.com
“Shyness has a strange element of narcissism, a belief that how we look, how we perform, is truly important to other people.”— Andre Dubus, facebook.com
“Deep in my heart I know I am a loner. I have tried to blend in with the world and be sociable, but the more people I meet the more disappointed I am. So, I’ve learned to enjoy myself, my family, and a few good friends.”— Steven Aitchison, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness”— Jane Austen, amazon.com
“I’m running from the very person I’m chasing, and this is how I know I’m in love.”— Jarod Kintz, whereworryendsfaithbegins.wordpress.com
“I’m too quiet. But I’m really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don’t like to talk first.”— Lauren Barnholdt, amazon.com
“I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness.”— Jane Austen, amazon.com
“I was the shyest human ever invented, but I had a lion inside me that wouldn’t shut up.”— Ingrid Bergman, goodreads.com
“I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.”— David Gilmour, amazon.com
“I’m very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.”— Johnny Cash, www1.cbn.com
“I am not cold. I wasn't ever cold. My warmth was hidden far away from anything that could bring hurt because I knew I didn't have the inner scaffolding to endure any more hurt in those protected places.”— Roxane Gay, amazon.com
“Anxiety is not shyness. Shyness is choosing to be silent because it feels uncomfortable to state what’s on your mind. Anxiety is wanting to express your thoughts but being forced to always second guess whether you should because of a traumatizing fear of being embarrassed or ignored.”— Adam Benedict Tan, thoughtcatalog.com