"Narrated 'Aisha: I said, "O Allah's Apostle! A virgin feels shy." He said, "Her consent is (expressed by) her silence.""

"He was not handsome, and his manners required intimacy to make them pleasing. He was too diffident to do justice to h…"

"At the time, I believed that shyness was very important, but now I know that shyness is one of the evils one must try…"

"Shyness is shit. It isn’t cute or feminine or appealing. It’s torment, and it’s shit."

"He's not an asshole, he's just shy. I think you have shy/asshole confusion, my friend."

"The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain…"

"I am the son And the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar"

"Shyness is nice, and Shyness can stop you From doing all the things in life You'd like to."

"Life is mainly grief and labour. Two things get you through. Chortling when it hits your neighbour, Whingeing when it…"

"Religion, as far as I could see, was chiefly concerned with “getting into Heaven.” A stockpile of prayers and could e…"