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“Shame is the proper reaction when one has purposefully violated the accepted behavior of society. Inflicting it is etiquette's response when its rules are disobeyed. The law has all kinds of nasty ways of retaliating when it is disregarded, but etiquette has only a sense of social shame to deter people from treating others in ways they know are wrong. So naturally Miss Manners wants to maintain the sense of shame. Some forms of discomfort are fully justified, and the person who feels shame ought to be dealing with removing its causes rather than seeking to relieve the symptoms.”

Source: Miss Manners Rescues Civilization: From Sexual Harassment, Frivolous Lawsuits, Dissing, and Other Lapses in Civility

“When shame is missing from corporate life, society, quickly becomes uncivilized.”

Missing Shame Corporate Uncivilized

Author:Max Anders

“Miss Havisham is a glitch in the smooth functioning of the Patriarchy, enforcing awareness of a moment of social disaster and personal shame, something it seems she would want us to forget (but no one would forget). (Maybe an interesting "discussion question" for readers of Complicated Grief might be, "What do Terry Barton and Miss Havisham have in common?"?)”

“When people give up sex and give up love or they only have love in the context of tradition then I think we're missing the opportunity of saying to each other building community, building desire in community gives all of us the possibility of learning how to be who we always were terrified we'd find out we were, and then not be ashamed of it and to not have our desire and our love embedded in shame is a profound thing and it's part of what drives the movement.”

“People grow up learning to be silent about their sexuality, so where are they going to learn to talk about it when they are in a relationship? Shame, guilt, ignorance, reservation, prudishness, all kinds of different cultural systems and social stereotypes shroud sexuality in secrecy and in silence. And there's the romantic notion. "If I say in the beginning, that I am missing something, you are instantly going to think that means you are not enough."”

People Thinking Kind Mean Different Enough Silence Growing Up Missing Ignorance Shame Guilt Silent Sexuality All Kinds Stereotype Secrecy

Author:Esther Perel

“Healthy things grow, and growing things change. If we allow fear or doubt or shame or insecurity to hold us back from something new God is calling us to do, we may miss out on his greatest purpose for our life. As believers, we go from strength to strength, from glory to glory. And in order to keep expanding God's kingdom, we have to keep growing and trying new things.”

Trying Purpose Doubt Missing Healthy Glory Shame Believer Insecurity Something New Things Change

Author:Christine Caine

“She had been innocent once, a little girl playing with feathers on the floor of a devil's lair. She wasn't innocent now, but she didn't know what to do about it. This was her life: magic and shame and secrets and teeth and a deep, nagging hollow at the center of herself where something was most certainly missing.”

Knows Littles Girl Secret Magic Missing Devil Shame Teeth Innocent Feathers Hollow Nagging

Book:Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy

Source: Daughter of Smoke and Bone: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy

“A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.”

Sometimes Whole Bigs Might Missing Arms Goodness Shame Ruins Ashamed Over It Village Nuts Taboo Symmetry Killing Yourself Asymmetry

Author:Jasper Fforde

“Shame on you, Crispin. Married how long, and you haven't spanked your wife with a metal spatula yet?" I'd gotten used to Ian's assumption that everyone was as perverted as he was, so I didn't miss a beat. "We prefer blender beaters for our kitchen utensil kink," I said with a straight face. Bones hid his smile behind his hand, but Ian looked intrigued. "I haven't tried that ... oh, you're lying, aren't you?" "Ya think?" I asked with a snort. Ian gave a sigh of exaggerated patience and glanced at Bones. "Being related to her through you is a real trial.”

“To say of shame - what is it? Of virtue - we can miss it; Of sin-we can kiss it, And it's no longer sin.”

Sin Virtue Missing Kissing Shame

Book:Poems and Ballads

Source: Poems and Ballads

“The sunset looks beautiful over the projects... What a shame, it ain't the same where we stand at. If you look close, you can see the bricks chipped off. Sometimes niggas miss when they lick off.”

Ifs Looks Sometimes Beautiful Missing Projects Shame Hip Hop Rap Sunset Bricks

Author:Prodigy

“I feel like Barack Obama's an Illuminati puppet. He's basically dragged this country down into the worst it's ever been. Like I say about the White House, 'You've built this house of shame'. Everybody looked up at the White House and America and now I think it's like a house of shame. I miss the old days when people were proud to be American.”

People Thinking Feels Country America House White Worst Missing Proud Built Shame White House Old Days Puppets

Author:Jonathan Davis

“Forgiveness is a process of giving up the old for something new. Old experiences and memories that we hold on to in anger, resentment, shame, or guilt cloud our spirit mind. The truth is, everything that has happened had to happen. It was a growth experience. There was something you needed to know or learn. If you stay angry, hurt, afraid, ashamed, or guilty, you miss the lesson. You will be stuck in a cloud of pain.”

“I never know which is worse: the sorrow when you hit the bird or the shame when you miss it.”

Knows Missing Sorrow Bird Shame

Author:Julian Fellowes

“People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that there's nothing to miss. I don't see myself moving back. It's not that I hate the United States. I just always thought it would be a shame not to live in a foreign country.”

People Ifs Country States Would Be Moving Hate Culture Asks United United States Missing I Hate Shame American Culture Foreign Countries Moving Back

Author:David Sedaris

“The critics are generally wrong, or they're fifteen, twenty years late. It's a great shame. They miss out on a lot.”

Years Missing Late Criticism Twenties Shame Critics Fifteen

Author:Ray Bradbury

“There's a man upon that ledge, he's only cleaning windows. What a shame for the pain we're missing. Gonna lean back on my wall and pray for him to fall.”

Men Pain Fall Evil Missing Wall Praying Window Shame Cleaning Ledges

Author:Pete Townshend