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“For in pure maidens, knowing not the marriage-bed, the glance of the eyes sinks from shame.”

Eye Knowing Pure Bed Shame Glances Maidens

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Aeschylus (Illustrated)

“O Death, the Consecrator! Nothing so sanctifies a name As to be written--Dead. Nothing so wins a life from blame, So covers it from wrath and shame, As doth the burial-bed.”

Death Winning Names Written Bed Shame Blame Wrath Burial Sanctify

Author:Herman Melville

“They [twin beds] are the most stupid, the most perfidious, and the most dangerous invention in the world. Shame and a curse on who thought of them.”

World Dangerous Stupid Bed Shame Invention Curse Twins

Author:Honore de Balzac

“If you have no shame, and it’s your goal to get people into bed, how much higher could your success rate possibly be?”

People Ifs Goal Higher Bed Shame Rate

Author:Stephen Malkmus

“That being said, if you slept with me and are filled with shame at the possibility of the world knowing, then you should have considered that before you hopped into bed with a writer.”

Ifs World Should Said Knowing Possibility Bed Should Have Shame Filled

Author:Kevin Keck

“Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often wonder how they feel about themselves at night when they are climbing into bed with intimate partners. Are they overwhelmed with secret shame that someone sees them as they really are? Or do they sleep with rage that who they really are can be celebrated or cared for only in secret?”

Thinking Knows Feels Night Sleep Secret Wonder Bed Shame Rage Partners Intimate Makeup Climbing Overwhelmed Without Makeup

Author:Bell Hooks

“Harry, Cedric, I suggest you both go up to bed," said Dumbledore, smiling at both of them. "I am sure Gryffindor and Hufflepuff are waiting to celebrate with you, and it would be a shame to deprive them of this excellent excuse to make a great deal of mess and noise.”

Said Would Be Waiting Deals Bed Shame Excuse Noise Celebrate Mess Excellent Gryffindor Hufflepuff

Author:J. K. Rowling

“I stand, walk over to him, sit down on his bed, put my arms around him, hug him. He hugs me back strong and I can feel the shame coming through his arms. I am a Criminal and he is a Judge and I am white and he is black, but at this moment none of that matters. He is a man who needs a friends and I can be his friend.”

Men Needs Feels I Can Matter Moments Strong Black White Walks Judging Arms Bed Shame Criminals Hug Hug Me Million Little Pieces

Author:James Frey

“If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.”

Ifs Men Heart Bigs Sleep Sin Bed Shame Forgiving Big Heart

Author:Nikos Kazantzakis

“Sophie held the [hand]cuffs higher, hopint to instill some sense of shame, if not in him, then at least in herself. One look at him and she wanted him again. "I found them in the bed." "That makes sense," Phin said. "That's where I lost them." "I'd ask what you were doing with them," Sophie said, trying not to sound bitchy, "but I probably don't want to know, do I?" "Sure you do. It was exciting and different and depraved." Phin nodded toward the stairs. "Go put them someplace we can find them, and I'll show you later.”

Ifs Knows Want Trying Looks Said Different Shows Hands Wanted Asks Found Lost Sound Higher Bed Exciting Shame Make Sense Stairs Sophie Instill Depraved Cuffs

Author:Jennifer Crusie

“You can find shame in every house, burning in an ashtray, hanging framed upon a wall, covering a bed. But nobody notices it any more.”

House Wall Bed Shame Burning Covering Framed Ashtrays

Author:Salman Rushdie