{"quotes":[{"text":"From the deepest silence between us arose uncertain, utterly vague and, as it were, whispered varieties on the theme ‘smile’.","author":"Nicola Lecca","tags":["connection","falling-in-love","shyness","smile"],"id":7775,"author_id":"Nicola+Lecca"},{"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":"For a moment, I tried to see myself through the eyes of the girl with the black hair, or even the boy in the cowboy hat, studying my features for a vibration under the skin. The effort was visible in my face, and I felt ashamed. No wonder the boy had seemed disgusted: He must have seen the longing in me. Seen how my face was blatant with need, like an orphan's empty dish. And that was the difference between me and the black-haired girl- her face answered all it's own questions.","author":"Emma Cline","tags":["adolescence","awkwardness","flirting","self-discovery","shyness","teen-girl"],"id":11463,"author_id":"Emma+Cline"},{"text":"The idea that you are not good enough and that people will not like you is something that has been ingrained into your mind over many years. You have hundreds of experiences that you can call up as evidence of the fact that people will not like you -- and that things will not turn out well. These ideas are incredibly convincing. They compel us to hesitate, to shy away, and to avoid the situations -- and people -- that we find frightening. This sets up a reinforcing cycle, where we avoid reaching out, don't get good responses from others as a result, and then gain further evidence that we are not worthy. In order to truly overcome your social anxiety at a deep, gut level, you must repeatedly take bold action. It is only through trying something new, and with a different perspective, that you learn to see the world and the people around you in a different light.","author":"Aziz Gazipura","tags":["action","anxiety","habits","introvert","shyness"],"id":26414,"author_id":"Aziz+Gazipura"},{"text":"I was on the shy side at school (one school report called me ‘diffident’) and Braefield had added a special timidity, but when I had a natural wonder... I lost all my diffidence, and freely approached others, all my fear forgotten.","author":"Oliver Sacks","tags":["childhood","curiosity","science","shyness"],"id":31694,"author_id":"Oliver+Sacks"},{"text":"A man's vanity is more fragile that you might think. It's easy for us to mistake shyness for coldness, and silence for indifference.","author":"Lisa Kleypas","tags":["coldness","indifference","shyness","vanity"],"id":33642,"author_id":"Lisa+Kleypas"},{"text":"The moment of crisis had come, and I must face it. My old fears, my diffidence, my shyness, my hopeless sense of inferiority, must be conquered now and thrust aside. If I failed now I should fail forever.","author":"Daphne du Maurier","tags":["fear","inferiority","shyness","social-anxiety"],"id":48853,"author_id":"Daphne+du+Maurier"},{"text":"Being shy is a symptom of a low self-esteem.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["low-self-esteem","self-esteem","shy","shyness","symptom"],"id":69256,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"},{"text":"There's a difference between disclosing that which is only your business and hiding away from the world and not seeing, shining and sharing your magic.","author":"Rasheed Ogunlaru","tags":["being-true-to-yourself","being-yourself","being-yourself","courage","courage","hiding","inspiring","magic","motivational","rasheed-ogunlaru","rasheed-ogunlaru","self-belief","self-belief","self-confidence","self-confidence","self-esteem","share","shine","shine-your-light","shine-your-light","shyness","talent","talents-and-gifts","trust-yourself"],"id":74560,"author_id":"Rasheed+Ogunlaru"},{"text":"A poor but confident man is as hard to find as a rich but shy man.","author":"Mokokoma Mokhonoana","tags":["affluent","bashful","broke","confidence","confident","destitute","introvert","introverted","low-self-esteem","money","needy","penniless","poor","poverty","poverty-stricken","reserved","rich","self-conscious","self-consciousness","self-esteem","sheepish","shy","shyness","timid","wealth","wealthy"],"id":86631,"author_id":"Mokokoma+Mokhonoana"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":50,"pages":5,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}