"There are two distinct sorts of what we call bashfulness; this, the awkwardness of a booby, which a few steps into the world will convert into the pertness of a coxcomb; that, a consciousness, which the most delicate feelings produce, and the most extensive knowledge cannot always remove."

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Source : Henry Mackenzie (1836). “The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Mackenzie”, p.22

Henry Mackenzie

#Two Quotes #Feelings Quotes #World Quotes

“Lord Jesus, make us capable of loving as you love.”
“Ah, Morganville. Where dressing to hide bloodstains was just good daily planning.”
“I don't want to go to Portsmouth or any other club that has no ambitions.”
“I saw a poet chase a butterfly in a meadow. He put his net on a bench where a boy sat reading a book. It's a misfortune that it is usually the other way round.”
“And I admit it: there's a rather dirty thrill when 700 people laugh at a joke you've written.”
“Let me advise thee not to talk of thyself as being old. There is something in Mind Cure, after all, and if thee continually talks of thyself as being old, thee may perhaps bring on some of the infirmities of age. At least I would not risk it if I were thee.”
“A billion stars go spinning through the night, / glittering above your head, / But in you is the presence that will be / when all the stars are dead.”
“I knew how to swim by the time I turned 4.”

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