“I’m very shy and I’m always embarrassed when people are interested in what I do. I’m not an exhibitionist.”— Lana Del Rey, pinupgalore-lanadelrey.tumblr.com
“As an introvert, you can be your own best friend or your worst enemy. The good news is we generally like our own company, a quality that extroverts often envy. We find comfort in solitude and know how to soothe ourselves. Even our willingness to look at ourselves critically is often helpful. But, we…”— Laurie Helgoe, amazon.com
“When you’re an introvert like me and you’ve been lonely for a while, and then you find someone who understands you, you become really attached to them. It’s a real release.”— Lana Del Rey, complex.com
“She was always an introvert, but at her core there had been something vital and alive, something that even she wasn’t totally aware of. That light, that radiance used to leak out by itself, emerging from between the cracks.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I’m never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.”— Susan Cain, amazon.com
“I waste at least an hour every day lying in bed. Then I waste time pacing. I waste time thinking. I waste time being quiet and not saying anything because I’m afraid I’ll stutter.”— Ned Vizzini, amazon.com
“If i don’t go, I’ll feel like i never made an effort, and I’ll feel left out. If i do go, I’ll feel like I made an effort, but I’ll still feel left. It’s either be there but feeling lonely and out of the loop or at home watching from on social media, feeling lonely and out of the loop.”— colourpalate, colourpalate.tumblr.com
“I took no pride in my solitude; but I was dependent on it. The darkness of the room was like sunlight to me.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com
“I’m too quiet. But I’m really not quiet. I just tend to come across that way to new people because I don’t like to talk first.”— Lauren Barnholdt, amazon.com
“He thinks I suffer from depression. But I’m just quiet. Solitude and depression are like swimming and drowning. In school many years ago, I learned that flowers sometimes unfold inside themselves.”— Simon Van Booy, amazon.com
“I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?”— Richard Russo, amazon.com
“I don’t know, I don’t want to talk as much…It’s nicer to think, dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one’s heart, like treasures. I don’t like to have them laughed at or wondered over.”— L. M. Montgomery, amazon.com
“Silence is always beautiful, and a silent person is always more beautiful than one who talks.”— Fyodor Dostoyevsky, amazon.com
“I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at the people.”— Charles Bukowski, amazon.com