There's nothing more exciting than ideas.
Whenever they say I am outgoing, I say...We must have met on the dance floor
(v. t.) To turn or bend inward.
(v. t.) To look within; to introspect.
The solitary and thoughtful stroller finds a singular intoxication in this universal communion. The man who loves to lose himself in a crowd enjoys feverish delights that the egoist locked up in himse...
Society is commonly too cheap. We meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.We meet at meals three times a day, and give each other a new taste of that...
Sometimesi don't haveenough soulin my cheeksto show myface to theworld.
Poor Zora – she lived through footnotes.
My smile wavers as I revert to my natural state of being: nervous and weird.
Many shy people turn inward, partly as a refuge from the socializing that causes them such anxiety. And many introverts are shy, partly as a result of receiving the message that there’s something wron...
I’ll read my books and I’ll drink coffee and I’ll listen to music, and I’ll bolt the door.(
It was a great mistake to have come. He should have stayed at home and read his book, thought Peter Walsh; should have gone to a music hall; he should have stayed at home, for he knew no one.
People can't stand to be alone with themselves, so they bother me when I'm trying to be alone with myself.
And suddenly, from behind me, I hear the metaphysically abrupt arrival of the office boy. I feel like I could kill him for barging in on what I wasn't thinking. I turn around and look at him with a si...
I can breathe easier now that the appointments are behind me.I missed them all, through deliberate negligence,Having waited for the urge to go, which I knew wouldn’t come.
He was left a good deal to himself. He had been inclined to talkativeness, but gradually he became silent. He began to think of the difference between himself and others.
I wish I could think about nothing, but the books all the time. I have never had an alcoholic rampage because of thinking about books too much...
Fur trade's damn near gone; pilgrims pourin' in over the trails me and all the others opened up. Hate to see it. Why, I seen five white people just last month. Five! Gettin' so's a body can't even be...
I don't need to be vocal about my intentions, I am just intentional about my actions.
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