We are all prone to the malady of the introvert who with the manifold spectacle of the world spread out before him,… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Writing is something you do alone. It's a profession for introverts who wanna tell you a story but don't wanna make eye… — John Green Copy Share Image
“Why do I have to exhaust myself trying to pretend to enjoy someone’s company? Or to like something? It hurts everyone involved.… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
I just have a hard time with small talk. My friend Jocelyn says I'm too quiet, but I'm really not quiet. I… — Lauren Barnholdt Copy Share Image
“Jung was the first to propose the model of psychic energy, suggesting that for introverts, energy flows inward, while for extroverts, energy… — Sophia Dembling Copy Share Image
I'm very honest in my music and I'm often asked to explain the lyrics; as an introvert, I find that quite hard.… — Natasha Bedingfield Copy Share Image
Though introverts are drained by interaction, we can take immense pleasure in watching the scene around us. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“He always thinks because I'm reading, I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.” — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
Introverts are collectors of thoughts, and solitude is where the collection is curated and rearranged to make sense of the present and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Many shy people turn inward, partly as a refuge from the socializing that causes them such anxiety. And many introverts are shy,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
If the extrovert watches and listens a bit more, the introvert's true mood will become more evident. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
My music is often written from the perspective of an extroverted introvert. — Brent Faiyaz Copy Share Image
Our lives are shaped as profoundly by personality as by gender or race. And the single most important aspect of personality ...… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
Introvert conversations are like jazz, where each player gets to solo for a nice stretch before the other player comes in and… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
“Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be… — Susan Cain 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
“He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I'm suffering from stage fright. I don't like making speeches. [...] I'm the kind of introvert actor who likes putting on other… — Helena Bonham Carter Copy Share Image
It was a very easy way to have a group of friends on a very large campus - a sense of identity.… — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
“If personal space is vital to creativity, so is freedom from "peer pressure".” — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I was a bit of an introvert growing up, and I tended to do better in math and science at school, so… — Keahu Kahuanui Copy Share Image
Introvert, her brain responds with a high level of activity, it is as if several lights start flashing on a control panel. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
America is a noisy culture, unlike, say, Finland, which values silence. Individualism, dominant in the U.S. and Germany, promotes the direct, fast-paced… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
