I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyne…

Jonathan Safran Foer
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I felt suddenly shy. I was not used to shy. I was used to shame. Shyness is when you turn your head away from something you want. Shame is when you turn your head away from something you do not want. ✨ Jonathan Safran Foer (2013). Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close: A Novel, p.179, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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