There is a certain delightful sort of hope which the introvert can receive only by having company over...the hope that they will leave soon.
Be silent & you are considered on idiot. Be voluble & you are considered a nuisance. The perfect balance between speaking and remaining silent makes you a gentleman!
(v. t.) To turn or bend inward.
(v. t.) To look within; to introspect.
If we can't have world peace, I'll settle for a quiet room.
Consider that the simplest social interactions between two people requires performing an astonishing array of tasks: interpreting what the other person is saying; reading body language and facial expr...
I need a break after school, she told me later. School is hard because a lot of people are in the room, so you get tired. I freak out if my mom plans a play date without telling me, because I don't wa...
…while the outside world was full of danger, I knew my interior. I was certain that I could oust an intruder there.
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The highest men are calm, silent and unknown...The true masters seldom reveal themselves, except in the vibrations the leave behind, and upon which the lesser gurus build their doctrines.
Spend your free time the way you like, not the way you think you're supposed to. Stay home on New Year's Eve if that's what makes you happy. Skip the committee meeting. Cross the street to avoid makin...
Most things look better from a distance...And as a matter of fact, so do most people. - The Spook, pg 435
Don't assume you are more creative or better than anyone, because some people with better stuffs are just pretending to be dumb for a while.
I must always seem so reserved and remote to them. Once in a while they ask questions that seem to call for a statement of what the hell I'm always thinking about, but if I were to babble what's reall...
I recognize the power of silence in an extroverted world but there is a time for silence and a time to speak up about things that matter that continue to be left unsaid.
How difficult it is to find solitude in a world that constantly demands your attention.
She didn't realize she was in a prison until she collided with the bars.
My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness.
Each lived in a world of which the other knew nothing.
Yet today we make room for a remarkably narrow range of personality styles. We’re told that to be great is to be bold, to be happy is to be sociable.
When your conscientiousness impels you to take on more than you can handle, you begin to lose interest, even in tasks that normally engage you. You risk your physical health. 'Emotional labor,' which...
If you ask an introvert a question, wait until she thinks about it. Introverts think before speaking, not through speaking. If you want to get to the good stuff, you need to slow down.
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