“But then the fate of shy people is that all of their fears usually come true.”
“Love comes with a knife, not some shy question, and not with fears for its reputation!”
“Was I shy? No. Not shy. Just, usually blissfully indifferent. I liked it that way. It was safer.”
“Fear makes come true that which one is afraid of.”
“If this hast been done to language, I fear to know the fate of all else.”
“To be misunderstood is the shy man's fate on every occasion; and whatever impression he endeavors to create, he is sure to convey its opposite.”