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Perhaps what I do not manage to operate rapidly enough is the passage between the outside and the inside. — Helene Cixous Copy Share Image
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“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
“In the day school she went to in New York she had long intimate conversations with them all in her imagination, but… — Madeleine L'Engle 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
“A creature that hides and “withdraws into its shell,” is preparing a “way out.” This is true of the entire scale of… — Gaston Bachelard Copy Share Image
“And that was true too, that was what the Culverts were like: crucified by their shyness and at the same time contemptuous… — Tessa Hadley Copy Share Image
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