Alice Coltrane Quotes

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

I'm very shy in a crowd.

I am shy by nature, a person who's always found something burdensome about human interaction and who probably always will, at least to some degree.

The 'public' scares me, but people I trust.

I think I scare people. I really have to watch myself.

Men think they already know me. But as they get closer and closer, they become that 14-year-old again. A lot of men do stammer and blush a little bit.

I'm, like, the most terrible person to go to a party with in the world, because I just can't enjoy it. I'm just thinking all the time about what it means and what the implications are.

I have a problem with making eye contact with people, or with holding eye contact.

I don't do well in social environments.

I was terrified of girls until sophomore year of high school. I couldn't even borrow pencils from them. I'd have to wait until the teacher called me out on it, like, 'Does anybody have a pencil for Teddy?' because I'd be too scared to ask the girl next to me.

I feel like I go through an awkward phase almost every day.

I'm very shy and awkward; I can't have a normal conversation, and then people think I'm being a bit rude, but really I'm not.

I am a shy man. I can't call a stranger and talk.

I'm terribly, horribly shy.

There is something strange about me. I don't ever feel at ease in a group of people. I have to fight hard to overcome my fears.

I feel alone and safe in public.

I recently caught myself giving a pretty girl the cold shoulder because I felt intimidated. She was so gorgeous, and it made me feel insecure. I wasn't even aware until someone pointed it out to me. I was so embarrassed! I recognized those thoughts and made a point to be more friendly to her because there was no reason to be cold.

It's really hard for me to be around people I admire.

Watching people see your picture for the first time is such a public agony.

I was nervous to even talk to other kids in my class. I would hide in my room when my parents had people over.

I was very shy and socially awkward.

I was so shy, it almost paralyzed me in social settings. And as shy people know, that can become a vicious cycle: The more uncomfortable you feel around people, the more you retreat, and the more shy you get.

I do spend - I feel like I spend about my first 20 minutes at any cocktail party convincing people that I'm not going to harm them in some way.

I feel like I'm constantly trying to avoid awkwardness. I always try to pretend that the awkwardness doesn't exist, and then it just becomes more awkward.

I want to be together with everyone else but stay lonely.