#shy

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 ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy. ↗

— Jane Austen

#nature

Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#awkward #comfortable #confidence #shy #nature

Having people in different optimal environments increases the chances of survival of the human race as a whole. It is nature's way to preserve her species. ↗

— Marti Olsen Laney

#shy #nature

My feelings are too loud for words and too shy for the world. ↗

— Dejan Stojanovic

#feelings #literature #literature-quotes #loud #poetry-quotes

I was just so blatantly shy throughout my life. ↗

— Danny Aiello

#i #just #life #my life #shy

Maybe I'm wrong because I've not met the person yet, I really don't think I'd want to be with someone in the industry. I really don't think so. Once bitten, twice shy. ↗

— Peter Andre

#bitten #i #industry #maybe #met

I am quite shy and people think I'm aloof. ↗

— Kristen Stewart

#am #i #i am #people #quite

But hopes are Shy Birds flying at a great distance seldom reached by the best of Guns. ↗

— John James Audubon

#birds #distance #flying #great #great distance

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship. ↗

— Joey Lauren Adams

#crippled #dad #dramatic #harder #i

I was always much more shy. All I knew was that I loved to act. But I don't know about the other part of it. I'm not sure I had the chutzpah to go and prove yourself. ↗

— Joan Allen

#act #always #go #had #i