Cringe Quotes

“When we feel we have benched ourselves for too long, we must loosen up the unessential, get over our endless cringing and make a bold leap to the glowing stars of our dream. ("Steaming ahead" )”
― Erik Pevernagie

“I read the title from the cover. ' 'The joy of... crap.' ' I read the rest of the full title of the thick, nondescript volume to myself and felt myself redden.
Noah turned over on to his side and said with mock seriousness, 'I have never read 'The Joy Of Crap'. Sounds disgusting.' I blushed deeper. 'I have, however, read 'The Joy Of Sex.' ' He continued, a smile transforming his face. 'Not in a while, but I think it's one of those classics you can come back to again... and again.”
― Michelle Hodkin, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

“Maybe they notice me wincing whenever I hear them say it, but I don't know: there are all sorts of reasons I could be wincing. Life is a wince-a-thon.”
― Frank Portman, King Dork

“I try not to cringe. Dog-earing a book feels like a violation of some sacred unspoken rule.”
― Julie Murphy, Puddin'

“I like you so much it might even be love.”
― Zoe Sugg, Girl Online

“He told me things about himself that should have made him sound urbane but did the opposite. He told me, for example, that he liked Steve Reich's music, modern-art museums, and Beat poetry. These words flew out of his mouth and went boomeranging back as if they knew they weren't meant to take the conversation anywhere but back to him. He also explained that he really liked interacting with different kinds of people. When I didn't immediately respond to this, he repeated it, and so I assured him I believed it.”
― Olivia Sudjic, Sympathy

“He pointed his wand at the pink roses. "These aren't roses." He suddenly looked at them with an evil look in his eye and muttered Well If you wanted Honesty that's all you haD TO SAY! .

"hat's not a spell that's an MCR song." I corrected him wisely.”
― Tara Gilesbie, My Immortal

“What’s your favorite food?”

“Pad Thai,” he says. “Yours?”

“Sushi. They’re almost the same thing.”

“Not even close,” he says.

“They’re both Asian food.”
― Colleen Hoover, November 9

“I know my love for my brother is much more
than familial. I just hope he feels the same way.”
― B.J. Alpha, Hidden in Brutal Devotion

“I sometimes cry at night when I realize my vasectomy is permanent.”
― John Cena

“Run nigga nigga nigga nigga nigga.”
― Justin Bieber

“Los estudiantes universitarios de hoy han vivido unos tiempos extraordinarios y, en consecuencia, muchos de ellos han desarrollado una extraordinaria pasión por la justicia social.”
― Jonathan Haidt, The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting up a Generation for Failure

“Ich blickte auf die Uhr. Es war kurz vor Mitternacht. War es überhaupt klug, in diesem seltsamen Betrieb noch einen Kaffee zu trinken? Und noch so spät in der Nacht? Bestimmt war die Maschine total verkalkt, und das Pulver war Instant und stand auch schon seit Jahren ab.
Andererseits: Wenn der Kaffee für Erkenntnis stand und die Nacht für meine Unwissenheit, dann stand der Kalk in der Maschine vielleicht für das gesammelte Wissen der Menschheit und das Kaffeepulver für einen Katzenkalender mit motivierenden Sprüchen.”
― Leo Fischer, Der Kaffee am Arsch der Welt: Eine Erzählung über den Unsinn pseudophilosophischer Weisheiten

“Oho”
― Vaikuzakis

“Magnifying small offenses, mind reading by identifying subconscious thoughts even the offender are unaware of, and labeling others as aggressors are all integral to the microaggression program but possibly harmful to mental health.”
― Bradley Campbell, The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars

“Microaggression complaints arise from a culture of victimhood in which individuals and groups display a high sensitivity to slight, have a tendency to handle conflicts through complaints to authorities and other third parties, and seek to cultivate an image of being victims who deserve assistance.”
― Bradley Campbell, The Rise of Victimhood Culture: Microaggressions, Safe Spaces, and the New Culture Wars

“You can fuck my brother, I’m good with that.” I leave my words hanging there.”
― B.J. Alpha, Hidden in Brutal Devotion

“I do. I want five hundred an hour,” I tell him, keeping my voice even and strong.

“Five hundred? Do you think you have some kind of unicorn pussy?”
― C. Hallman, The Hate Vow

“I always cringe when I take a salaried job in the USA and find there is an expectation for me to work really long unpaid hours.”
― Steven Magee

“Thank you for this baby," she says from the backseat. "He's beautiful."

I laugh. "You're responsible for the beautiful part, Rachel. The only thing he got from me was his balls."

She laughs. She laughs hard. "Oh, my God, I know," she says.

"They're so big."

We both laugh at our son's big balls.”
― Colleen Hoover, Ugly Love

“Look not to the past where you were embarrassed, for the most important thing is that those moments are gone, and you are still here.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, Stamerenophobia