I was a chronically shy child. That kernel of my younger self is still there, but I've developed mechanisms to deal with it.
“I've got time, I hope, to make lots of quiet records. So quiet you won't be able to hear them.”
“Most laws condemn the soul and pronounce sentence. The result of the law of my God is perfect. It condemns but forgives. It restores - more than abundantly - what it takes away.”