“Personality tests that sort you squarely into one camp often aren’t accurate.”— Christine Byrne, huffpost.com
“Yeah, as soon as I walk into a party, I just want to leave. I just want to go home. I think as I get older, I’ve just gotten more anxiety around other people. I don’t know, I just feel less interested in a lot of people’s energy.”— Amy Poehler, amazon.com
“I demand only one thing in a relationship that I remain utterly alone.”— David E Kelley, Kerry Ehrin, Alan Shore, James Spader, imdb.com
“Sabrina: Hey, guys, having fun? Roxie: I'm standing here with Miles, what do you think? Miles: If this is the best party of all time, I'm glad I'm a social outcast.”— Jon Vandergriff, Sabrina Spellman, Melissa Joan Hart, imdb.com
“I am an introvert. And to my fellow shut-ins please hear me when I say this... Don’t let your desire to be alone hinder your growth as a person. Social situations are a constant struggle for me but I wouldn’t be where I am today if I didn’t push out of my comfort zone.”— Mark Fischbach, twitter.com
“The problem with going to restaurants is that they're not in my room.”— Peggy Nicoll, Daria Morgendorffer, Tracy Grandstaff, imdb.com
“Introvert problems: I'm going out. 5 minutes later: I want to go back in.”— Nikita Gill, twitter.com
“If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.”— Sherman Alexie, amazon.com
“You can’t always be pushing people away. Someday nobody’ll come back.”— Jacqueline Woodson, amazon.com
“I'm good with words, but not the spoken kind; I've often thought what a marvelous thing it would be if I could only conduct relationships on paper.”— Kate Morton, amazon.com
“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.”— Laurie Helgoe, psychologytoday.com
“There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.”— Susan Cain, ted.com
“People think being alone makes you lonely, but I don’t think that’s true. Being surrounded by the wrong people is the loneliest thing in the world.”— Kim Culbertson, amazon.com
“Deep in my heart I know I am a loner. I have tried to blend in with the world and be sociable, but the more people I meet the more disappointed I am. So, I’ve learned to enjoy myself, my family, and a few good friends.”— Steven Aitchison, onlinecounsellingcollege.tumblr.com
“I was so tired of being alone, but I was always alone, even with people around me. And I was so tired of being surrounded, but I was always surrounded, even when I was by myself.”— Maggie Stiefvater, amazon.com