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Quotes About Humiliation

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid.
~ Ruth Rendell
Puoi superare qualunque cosa, anche se la fiducia è stata tradita, se ti viene confessato. Allora diventate compagni di vita in un modo diverso, ma è sempre possibile rimanere compagni. Ma mentire... Mentire significa esercitare un meschino, spregevole controllo sull'altra persona. Significa permettere che l'altra persona agisca in base a informazioni incomplete. Lasciare, in altri termini, che si umili.
~ Philip Roth
As though the ever-hovering shadow of humiliation isn't in fact, what binds one to everyone else.
~ Philip Roth
Jeremiah affected me more than any other book. The image of a wounded lover in Jeremiah is an awesome one that I cannot comprehend. Why would the God who created all that exists willingly become subject to such humiliation from creation? I was haunted by the reality of a God who lets our response matter that much.
~ Philip Yancey
And those people like my grandmother, who are so free with their insults and their slaps, who say that it is a tremendous honor and a fine step up for a ninny like me, might well consider that a fool can be jumped up, but a fool can also be thrown down; and who is going to catch me then?
~ Philippa Gregory
is a full-time accuser. He does it "day and night," the Bible says (Rev. 12:10). Instead of convicting you for the purpose of restoration, as God's Spirit does, he condemns you for the purpose of destroying, humiliating.
~ Priscilla Shirer
You are just landmark stupid, aren't you? Has Guinness called yet about that world record?
~ Rachel Caine
Her husband, Rafael, who'd left her and who'd contributed not one penny to his children's welfare, was a fool of such dimensions that he should have been required to dress like a jester, complete with silly hat and curled-toe shoes.
~ Dean Koontz
In the hollow steel-lined bin, my unfortunate eruption resonated such that it would have humiliated me if my first concern had been social acceptance. My first concern, however, was survival. At the moment, I didn't have the capacity for embarrassment because terror filled me.
~ Dean Koontz
left hand on the handrail, from step to ascending step, she carries the burden of her flesh and also her humiliation, which is by far the heavier weight. She has been shocked by her vulnerability, although
~ Dean Koontz
The island, purchased as the artist's retreat, in time became his sanctuary from ridicule and humiliation.
~ Dean Koontz
He made her name sound like a swear word.
~ Debbie Macomber
My habit when I've been humiliated is to go out and buy a book.
~ Denis Johnson
A man is the stories he tells about himself and most of those stories are lies. And never look too closely if you uncover his lies, it will humiliate you both. Its best to just live with the bullshit." Then her mother kissed her head, patted her cheek, told her she was safe.
~ Dennis Lehane
I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy , too, so far as I could. While I could not spare you pain and humiliation, I make you a gift of my own pains and humiliations, that yours might be easier to bear.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Do you have any idea how mortifying it is to have your own mother standing up in front of everybody, drawing pictures of penises?
~ Diana Gabaldon
Without one word of direct explanation or apology, he had given me the message he intended. I gave you justice, it said, as I was taught it. And I gave you mercy, too, so far as I could. While I could not spare you pain and humiliation, I make you a gift of my own pains and humiliations, that yours might be easier to bear.
~ Diana Gabaldon
Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
~ Jackie Chan
My day goes from one embarrassing moment to the next.
~ Ted Danson
Here's some advice: if something really embarrassing happens to your kid, don't take it on national TV.
~ Tom Segura
When you lose 4-1, it's a bit embarrassing.
~ John Guidetti
My films are about embarrassment.
~ Alan Bennett
I always like stories where the egg ends up on my face.
~ Rob Lowe
My play opens with an actor walking down into the audience, where he strangles the critic, then reads aloud from a little black book all the humiliations he has noted therein. Then he throws up on the audience, after which he exits and puts a bullet through his head.
~ Ingmar Bergman