quotations about blushing
The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.
CARLO GOLDONI
Pamela
Oh, sweet blush of orchid
Body and soul
Oh baby, I'm still your witness
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Marchin' On"
The modest fan was lifted up no more,
And virgins smil'd at what they blush'd before.
ALEXANDER POPE
Essay on Criticism
What, canst thou say all this and never blush?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Titus Andronicus
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
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
He blushes: all is well.
TERENCE
Adelphi
A virtue but at second-hand;
They blush because they understand.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Cadenus and Vanessa
Miss Clerricot blushes most charmingly and raises a hand to cover a portion of her countenance. It is a shame, this ill-feeling that exists between Miss Clerricot and her face.
WILLIAM TREVOR
The Boarding-House
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Coriolanus
"Nay, nay," quod she, and waxed as red as rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Troilus and Criseyde
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"
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
GEORGE ELIOT
Daniel Deronda
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
LORD BYRON
The Bride of Abydos
Better a blush on the cheek than a spot in the heart.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
JOHN GAY
Dione
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech
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
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
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?