“There is a huge amount of shame connected to the feeling of not being loved, because love and family, biological or not, confirms our existence. Everyone needs to be seen, accepted and loved.” NeedsFeelingsExistenceHugeAmountShameConnectedAcceptedBeing LovedLove And Family Author:Anne Sewitsky
“I think that now most people know someone in their family that is coping with something, but there is still a tremendous amount of shame - that one is still regarded as a defective unit ... if only they would pull up their bootstraps - they are only indulging their emotions, everybody's moody, blah, blah, blah.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsStillsEmotionAmountShameUnitsCopingDefectiveMoodyBlahPull UpsBootstraps Author:Carrie Fisher
“The only crying shame about it is, when good things happen to you, you run short of time. It takes the same amount of time, however, to tell people, 'It's good to see you again. I'm sorry we only have a minute to talk,' as it does to say, 'I don't have time to talk with you' period.” PeopleDoeHappensRunningMinutesCryAmountPeriodsShameGood ThingsSorryThings HappenI'm SorryYou Again Author:Barbara Mandrell
“Shame is, hands down, the most uncomfortable feeling. And, because it produces continuous amounts of inflammatory chemicals in the body, it is also a health risk.” FeelingsBodyHandsRiskProduceAmountShameUncomfortableChemicalsUncomfortable Feeling Author:Christiane Northrup
“There would be nothing I could do to you that would harm you more than what you're already doing to harm yourself...You are never going to amount to anything. You will always be the worthless muck people scrape from their shoes. You only get one life and you are wasting yours. That's a terrible shame. I doubt you will ever know what it is to be truly happy, to achieve anything of worth, to have genuine pride in yourself. You bring it all on yourself, and I could do no worse to you.” PeopleKnowsWould BeDoubtAchievePrideAmountTerribleShameShoesHarmGenuineWorthlessTruly HappyPride In Yourself Book:Faith of the Fallen Source: Faith of the Fallen
“If you put shame in a petri dish, it needs three ingredients to grow exponentially: secrecy, silence, and judgment. If you put the same amount of shame in the petri dish and douse it with empathy, it can't survive.” IfsNeedsThreeGrowsSilenceAmountJudgmentEmpathyShameIngredientsDishesSecrecy Author:Brené Brown
“It's a shame publishers send rejection slips. Writers should get something more substantial than a slip that amounts to a pile of confetti. Publishers should send something heavier. Editors should send out rejection bricks, so at the end of a lot of years, you would have something to show besides a wheelbarrow of rejection slips. Instead you could have enough bricks to build a house.” ShouldYearsEndsEnoughShowsHouseAmountShameRejectionEditorsSlipsPublishersBricksConfettiWheelbarrows Author:Jerry Spinelli