quotations about blushing
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIÈRE
Don Garcia de Navarre
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Coriolanus
The striking thing about blushing is its implicitly mixed signals. A blush is a funny mixture of wanting to hide and at the same time wanting to attract someone.
MURRAY BILMES
attributed, The Odd Body
He blushes: all is well.
TERENCE
Adelphi
Oh, sweet blush of orchid
Body and soul
Oh baby, I'm still your witness
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Marchin' On"
By noting of the lady, I have mark'd
A thousand blushing apparitions
To start into her face, a thousand innocent shames
In angel whiteness beat away those blushes.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Much Ado About Nothing
A virtue but at second-hand;
They blush because they understand.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Cadenus and Vanessa
What, canst thou say all this and never blush?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Titus Andronicus
Blushing is like holding a flag over your head that says, "Look at me, I am really uncomfortable here!"
MARG MEIKLE
How Much Does Your Head Weigh?
Blushing is actually an instinctive way to get back into the good graces of others. It is an attempt to avoid being ostracized from a group for breaching unwritten rules of society.
STEPHEN JUAN
The Odd Body
"Nay, nay," quod she, and waxed as red as rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Troilus and Criseyde
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
LORD BYRON
The Bride of Abydos
Her pure and eloquent blood
Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought,
That one might almost say, her body thought.
JOHN DONNE
Of the Progress of the Soul
Better a blush on the cheek than a spot in the heart.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.
CARLO GOLDONI
Pamela
Shy girl, it's written on your face
A mermaid out of water, Feeling out of place
Shy girl, tryna hide a blush
Caught you looking for a second
O-TOWN
"Shy Girl"
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech
Rather bring the blood into a man's cheek than let it out of his body.
TERTULLIAN
Apologetics
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
JOHN GAY
Dione
Blushing is physiological evidence of both our self-consciousness and our sociability--a manifestation of not only our awareness of ourselves but our sensitivity to how others perceive us.
SCOTT STOSSEL
My Age of Anxiety