Maggie Stiefvater Quotes

The Refinement of Shame. People are not ashamed to think something foul, but they are ashamed when they think these foul thoughts are attributed to them.

Show me someone who doesn't have some sort of experience that they would be uncomfortable for people to know about and I'll show you a dullard.

I wouldn't inflict my naked body on any paying audience.

Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic.

Shame is the feeling you have when you agree with the woman who loves you that you are the man she thinks you are.

I have to say that I am embarrassed about how emotional I am.

I am what I am, but I'm not a thief. And I'm not scandalous.

And I never felt that good in my life. But I also felt bad because I saw her naked without her permission.

Your reputation is that which people think you are; your character is that which you are.

To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves.

A bad conscience is easier to cope with than a bad reputation.

For it is a serious thing to have been watched. We all radiate something curiously intimate when we believe ourselves to be alone.

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.

In my little world, I'm very protected 'cause I'm treated like the idiot I am by my buddies. But, a little bit outside that world, people sometimes expect heavy things from me. For a little time, I tried to appease and not disappoint people but in the end you're just going to kill yourself and fail if you're trying to give more than you are.

Sometimes, I think we're afraid to admit we want certain things. Especially things that contradict the image we have of ourselves.

I think I love you, Cal." -Abra I'm not good." -Cal Because you're not good." -Abra

People can say whatever they want to about me... and I don't get too affected. But I didn't want them to think I was a failure.

I think I'm a sober person. I think the press tries to make you into something a little bit different. In my case, a little bit of a wild man. I'm not. I'm actually not. I'm a very sober person.

People only attack when they see weakness or when they think that someone is ashamed of it or embarrassed and they can't wait to stick it to 'em.

The best definition I've heard is that guilt is about what you've done, shame is about who you are. If something's out of my control, I don't feel shame about it, because what could I have done? If you're guilty, you can at least try to atone for it or make it better or not do it again. If it's who you are, you can't do much about it except change yourself, and that's pretty hard.

I think that phrase is the most horrible phrase in the English language - 'I don't know.' It's terribly embarrassing.

All you have in life is your reputation: you may be very rich, but if you lose your good name, then you'll never be happy. The thought will always lurk at the back of your mind that people don't trust you.

Where reverence is, there is fear; for he who has a feeling of reverence and shame about the commission of any action, fears and is afraid of an ill reputation.