“I'd rather cut off my own balls with blunt bacon scissors than host a dinner party.” — Derren Brown Copy Share Image
“We don't usually wish we were invisible unless, for some extreme reason, we were noticed first.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“It's tricky being shy. You blame yourself for it, and other people blame you too.” — Jaclyn Moriarty Copy Share Image
Telling an introvert to go to a party is like telling a saint to go to Hell. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“If you retreat in response to desire rather than deprivation, the deprivation may never come.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas. — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“Regardless of how dead we feel in a crowd, we cling to the uniquely American assumption that associating is good and necessary… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“...it is impossible to fully and fairly understand introversion without looking inside. We aren’t just going away, we’re going toward something.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Our challenge as introverts is to adopt the attitude, based on the introversion assumption, that your need to retreat requires no explanation—it… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters.” — Ross McDonald Copy Share Image
Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Although when there were too many people around- which there certainly were today- it was hard even to remember to say thank… — Robin Mckinley Copy Share Image
All personality traits have their good side and their bad side. But for a long time, we've seen introversion only through its… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“... And tonight—Geryon? You okay? Yes fine, I'm listening. Tonight—? Why do you have your jacket over your head? . . .… — Anne Carson Copy Share Image
“I’m one of those introverts with well-honed social skills, and I have even danced on the occasional table, but I have felt… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Jacob opened the refrigerator and stared into it vacantly, with the false purposefulness that lingers for a few moments when a person… — Caleb Crain Copy Share Image
“For the introvert, as for the flâneur, observing is not a fallback position—something we do because we can’t participate. We watch because… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
[On Jung's theory of psychological types:] My mother, Katharine C. Briggs, introduced it into our family and made it a part of… — Isabel Briggs Myers Copy Share Image
“Events like this don't give me the sense of oneness others seem to enjoy; it's always been private occasions that make me… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Tocqueville saw that the life of constant action and decision which was entailed by the democratic and businesslike character of American life… — Richard Hofstadter Copy Share Image
“It would be wise to be concerned about the introvert who is deprived of solitude. Is she neglecting herself due to depression?… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“That Seigo could go into geisha houses, accept luncheon invitations, drop in at the Club, see people off at Shimabashi, meet them… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
“In an extroverted society, we rarely see ourselves in the mirror. We get alienating feedback. Alienating feedback comes in the form of… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Although most introverts seek time alone as an alternative to people and competition, solitude is a power source for the introvert. And… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“While extroverts tend to attain leadership in public domains, introverts tend to attain leadership in theoretical and aesthetic fields. Outstanding introverted leaders,… — Anonymous 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
“Even though we can reach for the outer limits of our temperaments, it can often be better to situate ourselves squarely inside… — Susan Cain 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
“introverts prefer to work independently, and solitude can be a catalyst to innovation. As the influential psychologist Hans Eysenck once observed, introversion… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“Willed introversion, in fact, is one of the classic implements of creative genius and can be employed as a deliberate device. It… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Think of a group of Extrovert Moms gathered together at a Little League game, excitedly chatting and enjoying the action. In comes… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Complaints of feeling cut off, shut off, out of touch, feeling apart or strange, of things being out of focus or unreal,… — Harry Guntrip Copy Share Image
“Because loners are born everywhere, we end up living everywhere. We do not, have not, tended to single ourselves out as special,… — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
“Beware of those who don't fight back. Sooner or later, they will.” — Joyce Rachelle Copy Share Image
“...ultimately I found my community by pursuing what I loved: writing, acting, art, coffeehouses.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“...efforts to make work fun only annoy most of us, especially the introvert.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
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