“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”— Sophia Dembling, amazon.com
“People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.”— Hazrat Inayat Khan, amazon.com
“I’m very shy really. I spend a lot of time in my room alone reading or writing or watching television.”— Johnny Cash, www1.cbn.com
“Realize that being an introvert is not a bad thing. You are a dreamer, an adventurer, and an enlightenment seeker.”— A. Davis, instagram.com
“We find people intriguing, but insanely exhausting. We like adventures, but love peace and quiet. We want to go out, but need to mentally prepare ourselves.”— Victoria Joslin, thoughtcatalog.com
“I'm not sure if people have become less interesting, or if I'm just less interested in people.”— Anonymous, facebook.com
“One of the risks of being quiet is that the other people can fill your silence with their own interpretation: You’re bored. You’re depressed. You’re shy. You’re stuck up. You’re judgmental. When others can’t read us, they write their own story—not always one we choose or that’s true to who we are.”— Sophia Dembling, amazon.com
“What is less apparent about the ENFP is the rich inner world that exists beneath their surface. ENFPs feel and experience life on an incredibly deep level – they are constantly picking apart new experiences to decipher their meaning and determine their significance. This type may seem wildly extrove…”— Heidi Priebe, amazon.com
“The highly sensitive tend to be philosophical or spiritual in their orientation, rather than materialistic or hedonistic. They dislike small talk. They often describe themselves as creative or intuitive. They dream vividly, and can often recall their dreams the next day. They love music, nature, art…”— Susan Cain, amazon.com
“Being an introvert doesn’t mean you’re shy. It means you enjoy being alone. Not just enjoy it— you need it. If you’re a true introvert, other people are basically energy vampires. You don’t hate them; you just have to be strategic about when you expose yourself to them— like the sun.”— Amy Schumer, amazon.com
“The introvert's anthem for not wanting to hang out is 'It's not you; it's me.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“You might be an introvert if you were ready to go home before you left the house.”— Criss Jami, amazon.com
“Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.”— Ariel Gore, amazon.com
“The trick for introverts is to honor their styles instead of allowing themselves to be swept up by prevailing norms.”— Susan Cain, amazon.com
“He always thinks because I'm reading, I'm not doing anything. There is no greater plague to an introvert than the extroverted.”— Pierce Brown, amazon.com
“The same person who would never raise his hand in a lecture hall of two hundred people might blog to two thousand, or two million, without thinking twice. The same person who finds it difficult to introduce himself to strangers might establish a presence online and then extend these relationships in…”— Susan Cain, amazon.com
“If you are an introvert, you are born with a temperament that craves to be alone, delights in meaningful connections, thinks before speaking and observes before approaching. If you are an introvert, you thrive in the inner sanctuary of the mind, heart and spirit, but shrink in the external world of…”— Aletheia Luna, amazon.com