“If she had learned anything in the past weeks it was that there was enough to be ashamed of in the course of a messy human life without being ashamed of loving someone. ”
“A decent human being is ashamed at being somebody's boss!”
“Part of life is learning what to be ashamed of and what to be proud of.”
“But, when the chips are down, its better to be furious with someone you love, or frightened for someone you love, than be put through the merciless horror of being ashamed of someone you love.”
“I love my past. I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.”
“I felt ashamed.""But of what? Psyche, they hadn't stripped you naked or anything?""No, no, Maia. Ashamed of looking like a mortal -- of being a mortal.""But how could you help that?""Don't you think the things people are most ashamed of are things they can't help?”