Introvert Quotes · Page 6

I've always been kind of an introvert growing up.

— Melissa De Sousa

“Introverts think about more than just being introverts.”

— Oliver Markus Malloy

Simply wait, be quiet, still The world will freely offer itself to you.

— Franz Kafka

People empty me. I have to get away to refill.

— Charles Bukowski

“Odd how six people could be a crowd when she lived daily among millions.”

— Isabel Cooper

I am extremely shy. I am not happy in crowds of people.

— Glenn Close

Solitude has its own very strange beauty to it.

— Liv Tyler

I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.

— Maggie Stiefvater

“It was always that way for me. After I opened myself to someone, I needed a few minutes to close down again,…

— Dia Reeves

The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world of disasters.

— Ross Macdonald

“What he wanted was to find that world-within-the-world where he could be himself by himself.”

— Charlie Lovett

“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

I would like to believe that I still am a shy person; I am very introverted. I have a problem communicating.

— Amitabh Bachchan

[Introverts,] the world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys…

— Susan Cain

In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear…

— Rollo May

“I liked the imaginary people on the entertainment feed way more than I liked real ones, but you can’t have one without…

— Martha Wells

“While extroverts tend to attain leadership in public domains, introverts tend to attain leadership in theoretical and aesthetic fields. Outstanding introverted leaders,…

— Anonymous

I have a Twitter profile, but I avoid red carpets and all that kind of stuff. I'd rather no one talk about…

— Greg Berlanti

When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by…

— Criss Jami

People consider being different good if it results in a personality that does not make them feel weird, and provides them enjoyment…

— Anonymous

I'm probably an overcompensating introvert. I live in Hollywood, but I don't go to parties where I have to work the room.…

— James Bobin

What if you love knowledge for its own sake, not necessarily as a blueprint to action? What if you wish there were…

— Susan Cain

“Introverts feel “just right” with less stimulation, as when they sip wine with a close friend, solve a crossword puzzle, or read…

— Susan Cain

“My husband says this longing for isolation is not a good quality, that if I wanted to be a hermit I should…

— Anna White

I am a very shy person, hence it feels awkward to approach people.

— Sunny Singh

I'm a shy person. I don't know if it's in my DNA to share with the world.

— Lisa Bonet

Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

— Laurie Helgoe

“The best job for an introvert is the job that calls you.”

— Sophia Dembling

Quiet is might. Solitude is strength. Introversion is power.

— Laurie Helgoe

“There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.”

— Pierce Brown

But my future is a secret. / It is as shy as a mole.

— Anne Sexton

Extroverts never understand introverts, and it was like that in school days.

— Neil Peart

In terms of, like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.

— John Mulaney

I'm very shy. That's probably one of the reasons I got so heavily into drugs.

— David Bowie

Lighthouses don’t go running all over an island looking for boats to save; they just stand there shining.

— Anne Lamott

“I know I can't own a hilltop, a meadow, or a mountainside. But keeping it a secret somehow makes it mine.”

— Joyce Rachelle

Introverts like being introverts. We are drawn to ideas, we are passionate observers, and for us, solitude is rich and generative.

— Laurie Helgoe

“Introverts can leverage their unique strengths to build a powerful personal brand.”

— Goldie Chan

“In a world dominated by extroverts and exhibitionism, the quiet ones make the loudest impact with their silence – it's their superpower”

— Brahmanand Savanth

Much of the time I'm an introvert, by choice spending a lot of time on my own. I suppose liking my solitude…

— Robyn Davidson