{"quotes":[{"text":"I don’t want to be my limitations. I don’t want to be my pain. I don’t want to be my embarrassment.","author":"Kim Holden","tags":["limitations","pain","shame"],"id":151,"author_id":"Kim+Holden"},{"text":"The good news is, shame has a kryptonite. Shame cannot survive under the power of love. Love defeats shame, every time. Love says that no matter what you did which may have caused guilt, you are loved. You are lovable. You are love itself. That is the truth. And because of that, you have nothing to be ashamed of.","author":"Stephen Lovegrove","tags":["inspiration","love","love","personal-growth","self-help","shame","truth"],"id":1074,"author_id":"Stephen+Lovegrove"},{"text":"Zoe stopped one last time in front of the mirror, adjusting her new American dress. She didn’t see the dress, however. She saw what the big Russian did to her. She saw what al-Qaeda did to her. She saw a person shunned by her Persian village. She saw ugliness. Every time she looked in the mirror she saw deficiency.","author":"Michael Benzehabe","tags":["al-qaeda","american-fashion","benzehabe","deficiency","depression","immigrant","insecurity","iran","outsider","persian","rape","russia","shame","shunned","unassimilated","western-fashion"],"id":2793,"author_id":"Michael+Benzehabe"},{"text":"Adequate planning will rescue you from the shame of tomorrow.","author":"Topsy Gift","tags":["adequate","planning","rescue","shame","tomorrow"],"id":3897,"author_id":"Topsy+Gift"},{"text":"We’re animals. No shame, no guilt - no sin….","author":"Heather McVea","tags":["guilt","shame","sin","werewolf-paranormal-romance"],"id":5294,"author_id":"Heather+McVea"},{"text":"Humility and shame have been confused. Humility is knowing that you know nothing for sure and shame is someone having to tell you.","author":"Erica Goros","tags":["feelings","humility","inspiration","shame"],"id":7126,"author_id":"Erica+Goros"},{"text":"It is important to announce your intentions at top volume, she thought, or your intentions will think you are ashamed of them.","author":"Catherynne M. Valente","tags":["intentions","loud","shame","top-volume"],"id":7618,"author_id":"Catherynne+M.+Valente"},{"text":"Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that this was probably impractical.","author":"Sarah Rees Brennan","tags":["embarrassment","humor","mae","mae-crawford","sarah-rees-brennan","shame","the-demon-s-covenant"],"id":7638,"author_id":"Sarah+Rees+Brennan"},{"text":"It’s good to feel foolish sometimes, Fjerdan.”“You only say that because you have no shame.","author":"Leigh Bardugo","tags":["love","matthias helvar","nina zenik","shame"],"id":8612,"author_id":"Leigh+Bardugo"},{"text":"Can I ask you something?' you said. 'How did you ever survive that scandal?'She said, 'I refused to be shamed.'How did you do that?' you asked. 'When they came at me, I kept coming,' she said.","author":"Gabrielle Zevin","tags":["fortitude","self-confidence","shame"],"id":10276,"author_id":"Gabrielle+Zevin"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":566,"pages":57,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}