There is safety in reserve, but no attraction. One cannot love a reserved person. – Jane Austen
The bashful are always aggressive at heart. – Charles Horton Cooley
What difference is there between us, save a restless dream that follows my soul but fears to come near you? – Kahlil Gibran
Shyness is just egotism out of its depth. – Penelope Keith
Happiness hates the timid! So does science! – Eugene ONeill
Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
Shy and proud men are more liable than any others to fall into the hands of parasites and creatures of low character. For in the intimacies which are formed by shy men, they do not choose, but are chosen. – Sir Henry Taylor
It is only through timidity that states are lost. – Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet)
