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“...ultimately I found my community by pursuing what I loved: writing, acting, art, coffeehouses.” quote by Laurie Helgoe — Download Open image

““...ultimately I found my community by pursuing what I loved: writing, acting, art, coffeehouses.””

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If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to…

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I am rarely bored alone; I am often bored in groups and crowds.

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“We have an assumption here in America that the kind thing to do is to be “friendly,” which means being extroverted, even intrusive. The…

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There's a lot to love about America - freedom, the melting pot of diversity, individualism - all attractive concepts, especially to an introvert. In…

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“Because extroversion lines up so well with American values, we introverts often deprive ourselves of what we most enjoy and thrive on. So, for…

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I loved the study of psychology. I didn't love seeing patient after patient. I was perpetually overstimulated, busy decoding everything I took in.

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Introverts tend to internalize problems. In other words, we place the source of problems within and blame ourselves. Though introverts may also externalize and…

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As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company,…

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One of the best places for a shy person to meet people is in a coffee shop. If you are a reader, bring a…

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Whatever kind of introvert you are, some people will find you 'too much' in some ways and 'not enough' in others.

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“...efforts to make work fun only annoy most of us, especially the introvert.”

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Introverts paradoxically pull away from culture and create culture.

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It rolls off my back. Ridicule doesn't mean anything - even from people you're supposed to wear knee pads around, like the scientific community.

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Jeff Chu's pilgrimage across America to discover his own place as a gay man in the Christian church as well as attitudes about being gay and Christian across denominations is at once timely, smart, poignant, disturbing, inspiring, and maddening. It's essential reading for anyone who cares about the rights of the LGBTQ community to be treated as equal citizens at…

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I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone…

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