"I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame."

Shame, Emotion, Sensitivity, Pain

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"I'm dying from about ninety-nine kinds of shame."

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"Most of the groups I worked with 30 years ago are either dead or dead broke. And it's a shame."

Ronnie Spector, American Musician

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"Well it's because the record companies are pumping away with their commercial stuff. I think it's a shame."

Marian McPartland, English Musician

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"You can cry, ain't no shame in it."

Will Smith, American Actor

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"It's shame that gets us killed. Shame is the anchor, the heaviest burden to carry from the battlefield. Fortunately shame was an affliction I'd never suffered from."

Mark Lawrence, British Novelist

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"It doesn't seem to matter what we think...The prince will come up here and look at us as if we're barrels in a trader's wagon. And if I'm salt pork and he doesn't care for salt pork, then there's nothing I can do."

Shannon Hale, American Author

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"One is never so dangerous when one has no shame, than when one has grown too old to blush."

Marquis de Sade, French Novelist

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"That's the trouble with anything which essentially has a lot of bits that are physically impossible: You're left, stuck, in the studio. And that's a shame. You're making a movie. You don't want it to stay put, you want it to be a movie - to move."

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish Actor

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"Reproach is shame, blame, disgrace, disapproval and a disrespectful attitude toward yourself. When you're under reproach, your behavior shows it."

Joyce Meyer, American Author

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"I can see your dirtypillows."

Stephen King, American Author

Shame, Truth, Regret, Happiness, Wisdom

"And then I turn another corner, and my chest constricts so tightly, so painfully, that I can no longer breathe. Because there he is. He's engrossed in an oversize book, hunched over and completely absorbed. A breeze ruffles his dark hair, and he bites his nails. . . . Several other people are soaking up the rare sunshine, but as soon as they're registered, they're forgotten. Because of him. I grip the edge of a sidewalk café table to keep from falling. The diners stare in alarm, but I don't care. I'm reeling, and I gasp for air. How can I have been so stupid? How could I have ever for a moment believed I wasn't in love with him?"

Stephanie Perkins, American Author

Shame, Love, Realization, Emotion, Discovery

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"They wanted to help me with my pain."

Compassion

"Teenagers read millions of books every year. They read for entertainment and for education. They read because of school assignments and pop culture fads."

Education

"I learned how to stop crying.I learned how to hide inside of myself.I learned how to be somebody else.I learned how to be cold and numb."

Trauma

"So I guess you were hopelessly romantic and easily distracted, a B-plus mother, certainly good enough to get into Matriarchal State University but not quite good enough for St. Mary's College of the Blessed Womb Warriors."

Motherhood

"Like the coffin was settling down for a long, long nap, for a forever nap."

Death

"Gay people were seen as magical, too. I mean, like in many cultures, men were viewed as warriors and women were viewed as caregivers. But gay people, being both male and female, were seen as both warriors and caregivers. Gay people could do anything. They were like Swiss Army knives!"

Diversity

"Because I want to be remembered."

Legacy

"Everybody prayed, everybody lied about it. Even atheists prayed on airplanes and bingo nights."

Belief

"Son," Mr. P said. "You're going to find more and more hope the farther and farther you walk away from this sad, sad, sad reservation."

Hope

"He was going to punish me now. He couldn't beat me up with his old man fists, but he could hurt me with his old man words."

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