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“People help way more than we expect, way more than makes sense. But when you talk to people called heroes, they often say they did it for themselves. In one case, a hero said that the cost of not doing it is so great, the sense of shame, when he knew that he was strong enough, that the fear of not doing anything was more frightening than the fear of dying.”

People Way Said Enough Helping Strong Cases Dying Hero Cost Shame Make Sense Frightening Strong Enough Fear Of Dying

Author:Amanda Ripley

“And the stigma hasn't really changed that much in 31 years. You are still getting people - it's a shame-based disease. It's based on sexual transmission. And it's still shame-based. And until people feel strong enough and feel loved enough to actually open up and say, listen, I'm HIV-positive, then we are facing an uphill battle.”

People Feels Years Stills Enough Strong Changed Battle Disease Shame Strong Enough Hiv Stigma Transmission Hiv Positive Uphill Battles

Author:Elton John

“I knew it. In this way, Peeta's not hard to predict. While I was wallowing around on the floor of that cellar, thinking only of myself, he was here, thinking of me. Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel.”

Thinking Way Feels Hard Enough Strong Shame Strong Enough Peeta Cellars Wallowing

Book:Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Source: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

“Maybe the girl would get strong enough to withstand an ink exchange with one of the chosen faeries. If not, he could always give her to one of the weaker fey. It seemed a shame to waste a lovely broken toy.”

Ifs Giving Enough Girl Strong Broken Waste Shame Lovely Chosen Toys Ink Strong Enough Faerie Fey Ink Exchange

Book:Ink Exchange

Source: Ink Exchange

“Shame isn't a strong enough word for what I feel. "You could live a hundred lifetimes and not deserve him, you know," Haymitch says.”

Knows Feels Enough Strong Hundred Deserve Shame Lifetime Strong Enough Catching Fire Haymitch

Book:Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

Source: Catching Fire (The Second Book of the Hunger Games)

“There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.”

Ifs Enough Strong Enemy Shame Retreat Strong Enough Strategic

Author:Jane Lindskold

“All my life I have battled the alarm clock, pummeling the snooze button over and over with mounting self-loathing until the shame is finally strong enough to lever me upright.”

Self Enough Strong Shame Clock Buttons Strong Enough Alarms Loathing Self Loathing Levers Alarm Clocks Snooze Button

Book:Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition

Source: Warm Bodies and The New Hunger: A Special 5th Anniversary Edition

“What is a novel if not a conviction of our fellow men's existence strong enough to take upon itself a form of imagined life clearer than reality and whose accumulated verisimilitude of selected episodes puts to shame the pride of documentary history.”

Ifs Men Enough Reality Form Strong Existence History Novel Pride Shame Fellows Conviction Episodes Documentaries Fellow Man Strong Enough Selected

Book:The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad

Source: The Complete Works of Joseph Conrad