181 Quotes About Introverts

  • Author Allie Ray
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    Don't say much, do you?"Lars shrugged. "My English.""Yeah, your English, but you ain't much for talking regardless. I can tell."Lars offered a thin smile. "People can always tell.""What's that mean?""People say...much to me, because...eh...they know I do not stop them.

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  • Author Susan Cain
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    Extroversion is an enormously appealing personality style, but we've turned it into an oppressive standard to which most of use feel we must conform. Introversion is now a second-class personality trait, somewhere between a disappointment and a pathology.

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  • Author Jenn Granneman
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    As I learned more about introversion, I became more confident in who I was. I started accepting my need for alone time. I saw my quiet, reflective nature as a strength, not a liability

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  • Author Susan Cain
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    ...bear in mind that appearance is not reality. Some people act like extroverts, but the effort costs them in energy, authenticity, and even physical health. Others seem aloof or self-contained, but their inner landscapes are rich and full of drama.

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  • Author Rainbow Rowell
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    People (new people, strangers) made Georgia nervous. And nervous Georgie was much more extroverted than regular Georgie. Nervous Georgie was practically manic.

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  • Author Kenneth Grahame
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    ...my wants are few, and at any rate I had peace and quietness and wasn't always being asked to come along and do something. And I've got such an active mind - always occupied, I assure you!

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  • Author Montague Rhodes James
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    As for him, he was naturally somewhat dashed by the consciousness of duty unfulfilled, but more so by the prospect of a lawn-tennis party, which, though an inevitable evil in August, he had thought there was no occasion to fear in May.

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  • Author Sophia Dembling
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    Introverts think carefully before they speak. We can be excellent public speakers because we prepare carefully.

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