Gwen John Quotes

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

My shyness probably defined the first 30 years of my life, really. It's a crippling thing. It can be very lonely knowing that you've got things to say, but you daren't say them.

I was a wallflower. I never talked to anybody. I was so afraid of people, I never said a word.

I'm shy and can't for the life of me barge around and slap people on the back. I sit in a corner by myself and am tickled to death when someone comes over to talk to me.

I was almost tragically shy, like, clinically. I should've been admitted somewhere. I think my parents knew, but maybe they didn't think much about it. It's hard walking the Earth shy. You miss out on a lot.

When you're surrounded by all these people, it can be even lonelier than when you're by yourself. You can be in a huge crowd, but if you don't feel like you can trust anybody or talk to anybody, you feel like you're really alone.

I sense from people that they get frustrated with me for not being out and about. But I guess I'm a shy boy.

I think fractures in your childhood make you observe the world more as an outsider. Possibly it pushes you outside.

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.

It is difficult for me to make friends because of my nature.

I tended to be the nerdy kid - stood at the back, watching other people having fun - I wasn't always necessarily a big part of the fun myself.

I was somewhat of a mute at school, so people were quite scared!

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

I'm shy. I'm not sociable. I'm very insecure.

I don't get as much female attention as you'd think, because I never go out.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

I've never had friends, and I don't like to be around big groups of people.

I've spent my whole life not talking to people, and I don't see why I should start now.

I just don't have this magnetic personality that everyone is drawn to. I don't make friends easily... I'm just not one of those people.

Man's loneliness is but his fear of life.

I was always the kid at the side of the playground, looking at the other kids. I didn't know how to get into the group. I was quiet and bookish, a bit of a geek. I was into orienteering when my friends were out clubbing.

I don't have any social life or anything.

One of the hardest aspects of this protracted public persona is not knowing others as well as they feel they know me. It's a rather clumsy feeling actually; to not know someone who acts as though you're old friends.

I write about outsiders. I write about people who are outside and don't know quite how to get in because it's how I've always felt.