“Odd how six people could be a crowd when she lived daily among millions.” — Isabel Cooper Copy Share Image
“If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure".” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
The bias against introversion leads to a colossal waste of talent, energy, and happiness. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introversion, at least if extreme, is a sign of mental and spiritual immaturity. — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
“Though I may be efficient at the family table, I linger at the table for two.” — Laurie Helgoe 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
“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
“People expected certain things of me: assistance, silence, comfort. They had no idea who I was.” — Alice Hoffman Copy Share Image
“I heard, for the first time— nothing. I danced and did somersaults, lay down in a bed of grass, felt the breeze.… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Shyness is inherently uncomfortable; introversion is not. The traits do overlap, though psychologists debate to what degree. — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in… — Susan Cain 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
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
“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
Extroverts want us to have fun, because they assume we want what they want. And sometimes we do. But "fun" itself is… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“This book is not about finding balance—we are really tired of doing that! Besides, finding balance assumes that we have been allowed… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Introverts, in contrast, may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home… — Susan Cain 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
“Introversion—along with its cousins sensitivity, seriousness, and shyness—is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology. Introverts living… — Susan Cain 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
“...efforts to make work fun only annoy most of us, especially the introvert.” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“because Saleem was louder about Islam than I was, he was considered more of a man.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
