#awkward

She thought in would be awkward for both to be brought into conscious collision; and fancied that, from her being on a low seat at first, and now standing behind her father, he had overlooked her in his haste. As if he did not feel the consciousness of her presence all over, though his eyes had never rested on her! ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love #love

Even painfully shy and awkward people are not painfully shy or awkward when they are alone. The way to access this natural, comfortable alone-self when you are with others is by choosing to forbid yourself to wonder what "they" are thinking. Instead, force yourself to exist in the instant, then take it- and give it- as it comes. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#awkward #comfortable #confidence #shy #nature

I talked to him on Christmas, and again on March 5th. Neither one of us hung up the phone that whole time. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#awkward #christmas #conversation #dead-air #march-

Amy! Sit correctly, you are wearing a dress...feet on the floor and your knees together girl...You are trying to catch a husband, not flies ! ↗

— Amy Mah

#teenagers #teens-sex-awkward-jocks #vampire #teen

Maxwell is serious, dedicated, awkward, forgetful, pompous to a certain degree, sentimental. ↗

— Don Adams

#certain #certain degree #dedicated #degree #forgetful

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out. ↗

— Janet Evanovich

#embarrassing #get #gives #horrible #humor

Sometimes, you can not click with somebody, and it can feel awkward. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#click #feel #somebody #sometimes #you

That kind of piece, perhaps most recognizable because of Yoko Ono's similar work, built a bridge between performance art and music - and without raising any awkward social issues. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#art #awkward #because #between #bridge

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it. ↗

— Federico Fellini

#awkward #convince #desperate #having #hype

I was an awkward kid. ↗

— Louis C. K.

#i #kid