{"quotes":[{"text":"A Coy Aversion...A fluttertoo shyto be seen...","author":"Muse","tags":["coy","humble","illusion","life","modesty","personality-traits","poem","poet","poetry","prose","real-person","reality","self","self-awareness","shy","shyness","truth"],"id":8391,"author_id":"Muse"},{"text":"I stayed there on the floor like that for a long, long time.Eating and crying.Crying and eating.","author":"Matt de la Pena","tags":["crying","eating","eating-your-feelings","shy"],"id":10607,"author_id":"Matt+de+la+Pena"},{"text":"Is it ok to sometimes be shy?Yes, of course. The point is,that being that way all the time and using it as an excuse to never be the opposite of shy,it's not good. It's not good for your life, your interactions,strenght of character and how diverse and interesting you can be. You are MORE than shy. Don't be labeled, be what you wanna be in any given moment. And DO what WORKS, not what you think you are.","author":"Matthew Hussey","tags":["boring","character","conversations","interactions","life","shy"],"id":12531,"author_id":"Matthew+Hussey"},{"text":"He was rather clumsy and shy and looked as if he'd spent the last ten years of his life locked up in a library - hardly the kind of man any girl your age dreams of ...","author":"Carlos Ruiz Zafón","tags":["clumsy","dreams","library","shy"],"id":13523,"author_id":"Carlos+Ruiz+Zaf%C3%B3n"},{"text":"Quiet people always know more than they seem. Although very normal, their inner world is by default fronted mysterious and therefore assumed weird. Never underestimate the social awareness and sense of reality in a quiet person; they are some of the most observant, absorbent persons of all.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["absorbent","ambivert","assumption","awareness","bias","cool","crazy","culture","discernment","down-to-earth","extrovert","friendly","intelligent","introversion","introvert","judgment","knowledge","learned","loner","misunderstood","mysterious","normal","observation","odd","prejudgment","prudence","psychology","quiet-people","reality","reflection","shy","silence","social","social-awareness","strange","thinking","underestimated","understanding","weird","wisdom"],"id":17374,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...The hope that they will leave soon.","author":"Criss Jami","tags":["alone","alone-time","company","funny","funny-but-true","home","hope","humor","introversion","introvert","loner","privacy","shy"],"id":17643,"author_id":"Criss+Jami"},{"text":"Timidity is the silent acceptance of bondage.","author":"Constance Friday","tags":["audacity","bold","boldness","challenge","confront","courage","express","expression","expression-of-true-feelings","fight","freedom","outrage","power","rage","shy","timid"],"id":22454,"author_id":"Constance+Friday"},{"text":"In her experience, groups of friends like that just didn't open up to include underage, undersized geeks like her. They hadn't sounded mean, they just sounded — self-confident. Something she wasn't.","author":"Rachel Caine","tags":["confidence","lonely","self-esteem","shy"],"id":25456,"author_id":"Rachel+Caine"},{"text":"If you are determined to live life to the full, if you are determined to conquer in life, if you are determined to win in life, if you are determined to soar in life, you must not shy away from this particular demand. Life demands death.","author":"Sunday Adelaja","tags":["conquer","determined","full","life","live","particular","shy","soar","win"],"id":26819,"author_id":"Sunday+Adelaja"},{"text":"I write for pages,get lost in the mezzaninehidden from stages.","author":"Kristen Henderson","tags":["audience","haiku","hidden","lost","my-way","pages","private","shy"],"id":34293,"author_id":"Kristen+Henderson"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":57,"pages":6,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}