I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem n…

Jane Austen
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I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural awkwardness ... Shyness is only the effect of a sense of inferiority in some way or other. If I could persuade myself that my manners were perfectly easy and graceful, I should not be shy. ✨ Jane Austen (2005). Jane Austen: 8 Books in 1, p.26, Shoes & Ships & Sealing Wax
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