quotations about blushing
Such was the colour--when her cheek
Spoke what the lip might never speak.
The crimson flush which could confess
All that we hoped--but dared not guess.
That blush which through the world is known
To love, and to the rose alone--
LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON
Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1834
Innocence is not accustomed to blush.
MOLIÈRE
Don Garcia de Navarre
And when my face is fair, you shall perceive
Whether I blush or no.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Coriolanus
Oh, sweet blush of orchid
Body and soul
Oh baby, I'm still your witness
SMASHING PUMPKINS
"Marchin' On"
He blushes: all is well.
TERENCE
Adelphi
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
A virtue but at second-hand;
They blush because they understand.
JONATHAN SWIFT
Cadenus and Vanessa
What, canst thou say all this and never blush?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Titus Andronicus
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
The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes inconvenient.
CARLO GOLDONI
Pamela
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
E'en pity scarce can wish it less!
LORD BYRON
The Bride of Abydos
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?
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
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"
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
Blushes are the echo of sensibility.
MME. DE SALM
attributed, Edge-tools of Speech
Rather bring the blood into a man's cheek than let it out of his body.
TERTULLIAN
Apologetics
The rising blushes, which her cheek o'er-spread,
Are opening roses in the lily's bed.
JOHN GAY
Dione
A blush is no language: only a dubious flag-signal which may mean either of two contradictories.
GEORGE ELIOT
Daniel Deronda