" I had a psychiatrist tell me that shyness is a form of hostility. They tell everybody that, you know. That was a couple of years ago, so I have had a long time to think about it. I have persuaded myself that it isn’t true. It’s fear and laziness and realism. It’s an embarrassed apology which says in effect: “Hey—I’m sorry, I probably don’t like life as much as you do. "

― Kurt Vonnegut Jr. , Letters