26 Blush Quotes

In the words of a well-known personality, Charles Darwin, blushing is considered one of the most human expressions of all.

Blushing is considered an acknowledgment of confessing guilt, love, happiness, embarrassment, and all other human feelings. It is regarded as the color of virtue.

When you are given a compliment by someone, and you blush, right? Or if you are embarrassed for doing something, you experience the same. These blush quotations given by John Keats, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Matthew Henry, and Thomas Hood will definitely fascinate you. Scroll and read out our specially curated list of some amazing blush quotes.

Interesting Blush Quotes

Here are some interesting blush quotes to know.

“Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to.”
- Mark Twain

"Such a blush in the midst of brown was born, like red poppies grown with corn."

- Thomas Hood

"Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions."

- Charles Darwin

"The first blush of love, when the self has lost its mooring, and, half-drowning, succumbs to a fearful tide."

- Eleanor Catton

"They were within twenty yards of each other, and so abrupt was his appearance, that it was impossible to avoid his sight. Their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the deepest blush."
- 'Pride and Prejudice', Jane Austen

"Full many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air."

- 'The Last Four Things', Paul Hoffman

"Bronzer keeps me glowing, and a little blush makes it look natural."

- Katie Stevens

"Religion blushing, veils her sacred fires, and unawares Morality expires."

~ Alexander Pope

Must know Blush Quotes

Check out these amazing blush quotes that everyone must know.

(When someone blushes, their whole face turns red or pink)

"When a woman stops blushing, she has lost the most powerful weapon of charm."

-Elizabeth Taylor

"Sometimes a woman has experienced too much life to have any blush left in her cheeks, but the man who puts it there is someone not easily forgotten."

- 'Five Weeks', Dannika Dark

"There's a blush for won't, and a blush for shan't, and blush for having done it. There’s a blush for thought and a blush for naught, and blush for just begun it."

- 'Sharing Eve's Apple', John Keats

"A bully wants you to cower or blush or run away in embarrassment. If you want to reverse the power, try pretending deep affection with just a little bit of pity."

- Jay Heinrichs

"Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity."

~ Jean de la Bruyere

“Blushing is the color of virtue.”

- Matthew Henry

"A blush is no language; only a dubious flag - a signal which may mean either of two contradictory things."

- George Eliot

"We can consciously end our life almost anytime we choose. This ability is an endowment, like laughing and blushing, given to no other animal... in any given moment, by not exercising the option of suicide, we are choosing to live."

~ Peter McWilliams

Embarrassing Blush Quotes

Here are some embarrassing blush quotes you must read.

"Girls blush, sometimes, because they are alive, Half wishing they were dead to save the shame. The sudden blush devours them, neck and brow; They have drawn too near the fire of life, like gnats, and flare up bodily, wings and all."

-Elizabeth Barrett Browning

"On the secretly blushing cheek is reflected the glow of the heart."

- Soren Kierkegaard

"And bid the cheek be ready with a blush Modest as Morning when she coldly eyes the youthful Phoebus."

-'Troilus and Cressida', William Shakespeare

"The blush is beautiful, but it is sometimes convenient."

- Carlo Goldoni

"You haven't seen a bald man in his ’60s blush? Oh, it happens, just as it does to a hairy, spotty fifteen-year-old. And because it's rarer, it sends the blusher tumbling back to that time when life felt like nothing more than one long sequence of embarrassments."

- 'The Sense of an Ending', Julian Barnes

"Whoever blushes confesses guilt, true innocence never feels shame."

- Jean Jacques Rousseau

"Her smile steps offstage for a moment, then does an encore, all while I'm dealing with my blushing face."

~ Haruki Murakami

Funny Blush Quotes

Have a look at these funny blush quotes that will surely make your day.

"Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face; Else would a maiden blush be painted my cheek."

-'Romeo and Juliet', William Shakespeare

"If you'd blush to say something in person, don't write it."

- 'Put That In Writing', Jonathan Price

"Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry," said Hermione, before catching sight of Ron's raised eyebrows, blushing slightly and saying "oh you know what I mean - Goyle's Potion looked like bogies."

~ J. K. Rowling