Her screams are heard across generations who dared not scream and died without joy,in silence and isolation.

Do not ever get agitated by provoking thoughts and actions. Always keep your calm. This will shame the alien.

I am not ashamed that I was once a vacuum-cleaner salesman, only that I was a *good* vacuum-cleaner salesman.

A blanket could be used to hide my shame and cover my insecurities. But so could a camouflaged condom.


She hugged me and I could feel the heat rise in my face, either from shame or love, like there was a difference.

Never be ashamed of who you are. True shame always belongs to the person that enjoys being ashamed of who you are.

[W]hen people are ashamed they hold aloof, above all from those nearest to them, and are unreserved with strangers

Think wisely before you exercise an action. Having done so however, never look back and regret. That would be a shame

From infancy on, we are all spies; the shame is not this but that the secrets to be discovered are so paltry and few.

Looks like it’s game time,” Shame said. “Beautiful day for some ass kicking, don’t you think?

I closed my eyes and abandoned myself to my grief. It felt better, somehow, to be helpless. I didn't feel ashamed.

Don't let out your true behaviour in the public, even if you were born nasty, make others feel you were well bred.

Don't stay too long in the shame-filled grounds of relapse. Fertile soil awaits your return and your recoverying.

I want to drag knives over my skin, just to feel something other than shame, but I'm not even brave enough for that

When you die, do you want to feel ashamed of what you've done with your life? Feel ashamed of what your life meant?