Laurie Helgoe

“To express want is to own the desire, to stand in your own reality. The easier alternative is the language of impairment:…

— Laurie Helgoe

An introvert may feel asocial when pressured to go to a party that doesn't interest her. But for her, the event does…

— Laurie Helgoe

“I heard, for the first time— nothing. I danced and did somersaults, lay down in a bed of grass, felt the breeze.…

— Laurie Helgoe

Extroverts are more attuned to social rewards, so they are more likely to flash a smile for effect. A notable exception are…

— Laurie Helgoe

Breaking up is the hardest thing we do. It's the most important thing we do, in a way. You've got to embrace…

— Laurie Helgoe

“The British attendees reported a similar difficulty identifying introverts in America because “U.S. Introverts exhibited behavior that in the United Kingdom was…

— Laurie Helgoe

I've come to see the mosh pit as an apt description of American society - and of my childhood home. I was…

— Laurie Helgoe