“The moments when something new has entered us, something unknown; our feelings grow mute in shy embarrassment, everything in us withdraws, a silence arises, and the new experience, which no one knows, stands in the midst of it all and says nothing.” KnowsMomentsFeelingsGrowsSilenceAriseShyMidstSomething NewEmbarrassmentMuteNew Experiences Book:Rilke in Paris Source: Rilke in Paris
“I loved Latin -- the grammar, the difficult tenses, the history -- but for some reason I was very bad at it, shamefully and blushingly bad at it. ... In moments of stress the embarrassment of how bad I was at Latin -- a subject I loved -- really hit me. It was like being laughed at by someone you desperately loved.” ReasonMomentsDifficultSubjectsStressLatinLaughedGrammarEmbarrassment Book:Eight and a half women Source: Eight and a half women