“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“He was a strange mix--congenial but reserved in a way that told you being friendly was an act of will.” — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
Companionship is a foreign concept to some people. They fear it as much as the majority of people fear loneliness. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“Recognition is what you feel when a friend sums up exactly what you’re feeling, when an author gives you the right words,… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside. — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
“Introvert integrity means going the distance for what we love: moving from apology to acceptance, from acceptance to acknowledgement, and from acknowledgment… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“We know we only have so much energy for reaching out; if we’re going to invest, we want it to be good.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Is it better to part with your introversion or to accept a diagnosis that allows you to have it as long as… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Originally, technology was pretty clearly on the side of introversion. It allowed introverts to connect with people, to express their ideas in… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Introversion is often wrongly linked with shyness, and although social events are not for everyone and might leave an introvert overstimulated and… — Meik Wiking Copy Share Image
“For I see not what there is desirable in publick esteeme, were I able to acquire & maintaine it. It would perhaps… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“It may happen, however, that he falls into despair just for the fact that he has opened his heart to another; it… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“In “America the extroverted,” relationships are good, and even if they are very bad, they are better than no relationship. Introverts don’t… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I'm an introvert, but I disguise my introversion by being an extrovert. If I don't have to be around people, I'm not.… — Cordae Copy Share Image
“Here are three separate but similar things: shyness, introversion and social anxiety. You can have one, two or all three of these… — Sara Barnard Copy Share Image
“Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“How do we maintain integrity as introverts, and at the same time allow our natural extroverted tendencies to emerge? The answer: organically.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“I can't be on too long before I have to stop. If she hadn't left, you'd both be home right now.” Victoria’s… — Moriah Jovan Copy Share Image
“I’m not so sure that live is always better. It is part of the extrovert assumption to value interaction over inner action.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Fish held the silence for so long that I had to restrain myself from prodding her. That's never a good idea. Sometimes… — Adam-Troy Castro Copy Share Image
“A local college counselor named Purvi Modi agrees. “Introversion is not looked down upon,” she tells me. “It is accepted. In some… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“...if your friend knows you at all, she is being rude by pressuring you to do something that is bad for you.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“Introverts tend to avoid small talk. We'd rather talk about something meaningful than fill the air with chatter just to hear ourselves… — Jenn Granneman Copy Share Image
“I will say that the socially oblivious extroverts do not represent the whole. As with introverts, social skills are independent of extroversion:… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“We have an assumption here in America that the kind thing to do is to be “friendly,” which means being extroverted, even… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
We don’t ask why God chose as his prophet a stutterer with a public speaking phobia. But we should. The book of… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Though some of us like to get on stage, many introverts are content to put on their invisibility cloaks and watch. But… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Isn't it refreshing to know that what comes perfectly natural for you is your greatest strength? Your power is in your nature.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
When an introvert cares about someone, she also wants contact, not so much to keep up with the events of the other… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“The Socially Accessible introvert looks like an extrovert on the outside and sees extroversion as a bar that he or she can… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“If there is only one insight you take away from this book, though, I hope it’s a newfound sense of entitlement to… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Not only has volume been ratcheted up but expectations have, too. Quiet success--painting a picture, writing a poem, writing an algorithm--is all… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share Image
Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Osborn was a founding partner of the advertising agency Batten, Barton, Durstine, and Osborn (BBDO), but it was as an author that… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“When introverts sense invasion, we instinctively shut down to protect our inner resources. But in doing so, we lose access to ourselves.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Online friends networks and dating sites, like the coffeehouse, are responding to the needs of introverts. We can write, not talk. We… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
