“The Black skin is not a badge of shame, but rather a glorious symbol of national greatness.” BlackGreatnessRacismSkinsShameSymbolsGloriousBadgesBlack PersonAfrican CultureBlack SkinBlack NationalismBlack Pride Author:Marcus Garvey
“Essentially, if our secrets are secrets because we are told to be ashamed, then we must share them. There is no shame in being sad or struggling or trying to heal. We are all desperate, depraved and sacred. We are all terrible and brillIant. I can list all the things that can make a girl want to escape her own body (re: patriarchy). But I’d rather list all the things that make me want to stay in my body, and adorn it like a home, rub oils into my skin, tell it how sorry I am for trying to leave, for trying to hurt it into submission” IfsWantTryingI CanHomeBodyGirlHurtSecretStruggleShareTerribleSkinsShameSacredSorryOilBrilliantListsHealDesperateAshamedPatriarchySubmissionDepravedBeing Sad Author:Warsan Shire
“I believe we all have lists of shame. Long lists. We live with our constellation of shames quite privately. But they weigh us down. I wish I could abracadabra away shame. This is such a waste of our small time on earth. Our bodies are often the focus of shame. The shame of the body changing. Of the sexual body. Of the aging body. Not being able to do what you once could do. Even just looking at your skin as you age, the texture, the wrinkle, the sag, and somehow feeling ashamed and responsible for its changes.” BelieveLongFeelingsAgeEarthI BelieveWishFocusSkinsResponsibleShameAgingAll TimeAshamed Author:Victoria Redel
“I drew it over my skin like a violins bow, No one would ever hear the song of my shame.” SongSkinsShameBowsViolin Author:Jodi Picoult
“He grunted. 'You have the courage of a warrior.' I watched him turn away and gather the clothes from the ground. He thought me courageous? But I was terrified - always terrified. 'No,' I said flatly. 'I don't." He paused from stuffing the invaluable robe between two bales. 'Are you frightened now?' I nodded, shame flushing my skin. 'Is it going to stop you?' 'No.' 'That is the courage of a warrior.” SaidTwoTurnsClothesSkinsShameWarriorCourageousFrightenedTerrifiedRobesInvaluableFlushing Author:Alison Goodman
“Adam was in the dream, too; he traced the tangled pattern of ink with his finger. He said, "Scio quid hoc est." As he traced it further and further down on the bare skin of Ronan's back, Ronan himself disappeared entirely, and the tattoo got smaller and smaller. It was a Celtic knot the size of a wafer, and then Adam, who had become Kavinsky, said "Scio quid estis vos." He put the tattoo in his mouth and swallowed it. Ronan woke with a start, ashamed and euphoric. The euphoria wore off long before the shame did. He was never sleeping again.” LongSaidDreamSleepMouthsSkinsShameFingersSizePatternsAshamedAdamTattooInkKnotsTangledCelticEuphoriaEuphoricBare Skin Author:Maggie Stiefvater
“We live in an atmosphere of shame. We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our naked skins.” RealOpinionSkinsShameIncomeNakedAtmosphereAshamedAccents Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Now we really like to put people in boxes. As men, we do it because we don't understand characters that aren't ourselves and we aren't willing to put ourselves in the skin of those characters and women, I think, terrify us. We tend not to write women as human beings. It's cartoons we're making now. And that's a shame.” PeopleThinkingMenWritingHumansCharacterHuman BeingsWillingSkinsShameBoxesCartoon Author:Paul Haggis
“Starting a business isn't for everyone, and it's not what you should do if you aren't sure what else to do. It requires thick skin and the willingness to carry a great deal of stress, sometimes alone. It's more often a life of failure than a life of success, and the majority of successes came after a long road of disappointment, and often shame.” IfsShouldLongSometimesDealsSkinsStressShameMajorityStartingDisappointmentWillingnessThickThick SkinStarting A BusinessLong Road Author:Kathryn Minshew