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Poseidon raised his eyebrows as they shook hands. “Blowfish, did you say?” Ah, no. Blofis, actually.” Oh, I see,” Poseidon said. “A shame. I quite like blowfish. I am Poseidon.” Poseidon? That’s an interesting name.” Yes, I like it. I’ve gone by other names, but I do prefer Poseidon.” Like the god of the sea.” Very much like that, yes. ↗

— Rick Riordan

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Realism can break a writer's heart. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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There is no shame in what you are feeling, Harry,' said Dumbledore's voice. 'On the contrary... the fact that you can feel pain like this is your greatest strength. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#strength #shame

It is no shame to have a dirty face- the shame comes when you keep it dirty. ↗

— Truman Capote

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Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

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You cannot let your parents anywhere near your real humiliations. ↗

— Alice Munro

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Shame isn't a quiet grey cloud, shame is a drowning man who claws his way on top of you, scratching and tearing your skin, pushing you under the surface. ↗

— Kirsty Eagar

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Everybody gets scared sometimes, May Belle. You don't have to be ashamed. ↗

— Katherine Paterson

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Once they know they've got a hold of your shame, they can shake it out and hold it up for the all world to see. And you become less than it. You become something disgusting. ↗

— Kirsty Eagar

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What God says is best, indeed is best, though all men in the world are against it. Seeing, then, that God prefers his religion; seeing God prefers a tender conscience; seeing they that make themselves fools for the kingdom of heaven are wisest; and that the poor man that loveth Christ is richer than the greatest man in the world that hates him: Shame, depart, thou art an enemy to my salvation. ↗

— John Bunyan

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