“Not only has volume been ratcheted up but expectations have, too. Quiet success--painting a picture, writing a poem, writing an algorithm--is all well and good, but if you haven't become famous doing it, then did it really matter?” — Sophia Dembling Copy Share Image
“Every introvert alive knows the exquisite pleasure of stepping from the clamor of a party into the bathroom and closing the door” — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“I've been accused my whole life of being "too sensitive". This actually kind of pisses me off, but maybe that's just because I'm too… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“What is a friend? We probably all have our own definitions. For me, it's someone I don't feel alone with. Who doesn't bore me.… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“Not only has volume been ratcheted up but expectations have, too. Quiet success--painting a picture, writing a poem, writing an algorithm--is all well and… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“In one study, researchers used an iPhone app to check in on people at random points throughout the day and found that the more… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“There’s absolutely nothing wrong with finding our own thoughts more interesting than a long story about someone’s husband’s niece’s gum surgery. Introverts” — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“We may have, she suggests, a thin boundary between our conscious and unconscious minds, living with one foot in the real world and one… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“Jung was the first to propose the model of psychic energy, suggesting that for introverts, energy flows inward, while for extroverts, energy flows outward.… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
“Introverts think carefully before they speak. We can be excellent public speakers because we prepare carefully.” — Sophia Dembling Copy Share
