quotations about blushing
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
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attributed, The Odd Body
He blushes: all is well.
TERENCE
Adelphi
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIÈRE
Don Garcia de Navarre
Oh, sweet blush of orchid
Body and soul
Oh baby, I'm still your witness
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Marchin' On"
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Coriolanus
Better a blush on the cheek than a spot in the heart.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES
Don Quixote
"Nay, nay," quod she, and waxed as red as rose.
GEOFFREY CHAUCER
Troilus and Criseyde
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
What, canst thou say all this and never blush?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Titus Andronicus
Her cheeks glowed with pink charcoals.
RAY BRADBURY
From the Dust Returned
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
JOHN GAY
Dione
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?
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
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
LORD BYRON
The Bride of Abydos
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
GEORGE ELIOT
Daniel Deronda
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
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"
Rather bring the blood into a man's cheek than let it out of his body.
TERTULLIAN
Apologetics
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech