After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“But at the exact same time I got nervous about that, I also got this other feeling, which I can only describe… — Rebecca Stead Copy Share Image
“I've seen women-and men too, sometimes-as canna bear the sound of their own thoughts, and they maybe dinna make such good matches… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“Having people in different optimal environments increases the chances of survival of the human race as a whole. It is nature's way… — Marti Olsen Laney Copy Share Image
Are introverts arrogant? Hardly. I suppose this common misconception has to do with our being more intelligent, more reflective, more independent, more… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or a pure introvert. Such a man would be in the lunatic asylum. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Hardly anybody ever writes anything nice about introverts. Extroverts rule. This is rather odd when you realise that about nineteen writers out… — Anonymous 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
“As much as anything else, it was a stare, not so paradoxically, of a privacy-lover who, once his privacy has been invaded,… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
“Once well underground, you know exactly where you are. Nothing can happen to you, and nothing can get at you. You're entirely… — Kenneth Grahame Copy Share Image
“An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“One thing I’ve learned: people love a camera, and when I’m filming, they see it, not me, so whenever I need to,… — Samira Ahmed Copy Share Image
The inquiry "who am I" turns the mind introvert and makes it calm. — Ramana Maharshi 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
This is why it is sometimes hard for introverts to find words: we really hate to compromise, and words are always a… — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
Either you are extrovert or introvert, and so I am an introvert in that sense. I'm not a social person that wants… — Gautam Adani Copy Share Image
Aside from that i’m an introvert and i’m a quiet person. The benefit of that is I listen. It’s not like my… — Jennifer Yuh Nelson Copy Share Image
Introverts almost never cause me trouble and are usually much better at what they do than extroverts. Extroverts are too busy slapping… — Mark Vonnegut Copy Share Image
In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative. — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
I think [Charles] Dickens was an extrovert and Nelly [Ternan] an introvert, and I think that Nelly saw beyond the fame and… — Felicity Jones Copy Share Image
I feel self-repressed again. The old fall disease. Where is my willpower? The idea of a life gets in the way of… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you. — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image