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There is no shame like poor shame. It can make you warm and charming, bitter and resentful, all at once.

Shame, like beauty, is often in the eye of the beholder.

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.

There are some things that we know are just not as pleasant as the lies that we tell ourselves, and in that sense in order to endure existence everyone endures a certain amount of dishonesty in their everyday lives.

I don't have a lot of shame. That doesn't mean I can't feel bad about the way someone reacts to me or about something I read about myself online. But I don't have a lot of guilt, no. I've always been this way. I'm missing a chip.

I have never fully exorcised shames that struck me to the heart as a child except through written violence, shadowy caricature, and dark jokes.

There are so many people out there with less shame talking about their problems.

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.