| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 31001 |
| QUOTATION: | The shy man does have some slight revenge upon society for the torture it inflicts upon him. He is able, to a certain extent, to communicate his misery. He frightens other people as much as they frighten him. He acts like a damper upon the whole room, and the most jovial spirits become, in his presence, depressed and nervous. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927), British author. “On Being Shy,” Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow (1889). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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