Cecelia Ahern Quotes

The majority of teenagers don't even make eye contact with people, even people of the same age.

I've been told I'm really bad at flirting.

I feel that if I am uncomfortable, it will show on my face.

Stop smiling!” she ordered. “I can see you, Carter. Oh…and, uh, hullo, Walt.” The pot monster made squeaky grinding noises as it stood up straight. One clunky arm rose and tried to fix Sadie’s nonexistent hair. Leave it to Sadie to be self-conscious around boys, even when she’s made out of pots and duct tape.

I have this habit to bow my head, as to look shorter, maybe as a result of an unconscious demand of not taking up so much space.

I don't know, I'm literally the most awkward, socially strange person.

I didn't have a whole lot of success getting dates, I was always a bit of a geek.

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my own ass.

I was an awkward kid.

I have a dread of sounding pretentious and try not to talk too much about what I do.

I must have been a very strange child. I was very pretentious. Like Adrian Mole.

I remember watching myself on video and being so disappointed with myself because I was constantly moving around the place and laughing. I thought, 'I must be so much louder than I think I am. From inside it feels fine.'

I'm kind of a nervous person in general. I'm socially awkward. I'm not tall and sensuous. I usually wear sweats everywhere I go. Oh, and I burp a lot.

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me.

Making eye contact with adults while dressed as a clown is risky.

It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me.

You always try to play it off cool, but even if I think I have a certain laidback body language when I'm meeting someone who I greatly admire, I still have this horrible tendency to go bright red.

I'm part Bridget Jones, part Larry David. I'm shy; I'm prude.

I've just got a really bad smile. I go for the scowl instead.

Mary Katherine Gallagher is an exaggerated version of me, how I felt when I was little.

I have a tendency to trail off in conversations. I don't look up at people sometimes when I talk or cook, and those are all pretty bad no-no's being in front of the camera.

I can't even talk to someone and make eye contact.

I am such a sillybilly that I embarrass myself all the time.

I hate smiling. It makes me feel weak and powerless and small. I've always been like that; I don't smile in any pictures.

I'm the most awkward man alive.