Introvert Quotes - Page 4

• When an introvert cares about someone, she also wants contact, not so much to keep up with the events of the other person's life, but to keep up with what's inside: the evolution of ideas, values, thoughts, and feelings.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Ideas, Feelings, Events

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• Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

  Napoleon Hill

  Wise, Wisdom, Men

  Dr. Robert C. Worstell, Dorothea Brande, Claude M. Bristol, Earl Nightingale, Napoleon Hill (2017). “Mindset StackingTM Inspirational Journal VolumeSS01”, p.44, Lulu.com

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• When an introvert is quiet, don't assume he is depressed, snobbish or socially deficient.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Assuming, Quiet, Snobbish

  "Interview With Dr. Laurie Helgoe, Author of Introvert Power". Interview with Sophia Dembling, www.psychologytoday.com. September 4, 2009.

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• In terms of, like, instant relief, canceling plans is like heroin.

  John Mulaney

  Relief, Heroin, Term

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• Solitude matters. And for some people it's the air they breathe.

  Susan Cain

  Air, People, Solitude

  "Introverts run the world -- quietly" by Susan Cain, www.cnn.com. March 18, 2012.

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• In America, life is introverted, self-absorbed - and so is their music.

  Chris Barber

  Self, America, Life Is

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• People say things to me like, 'It's really cool that you don't go out and get drunk all the time and go to clubs.' I appreciate that, but I'm kind of an introverted kind of person just by nature.

  Emma Watson

  People, Appreciate, Drunk

  "I Want It to Be Worth It: An Interview With Emma Watson". Interview With Tavi Gevinson, www.rookiemag.com. May 27, 2013.

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• Introverts .. may have strong social skills and enjoy parties and business meetings, but after a while wish they were home in their pajamas.

  Susan Cain

  Strong, Party, Home

  "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking". Book by Susan Cain, January 24, 2012.

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• 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

  Love, Lonely, Real

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

  Audrey Hepburn

  Hilarious, Loneliness, Being Alone

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• Inside was where she lived, physically and mentally. She resided in the horn of plenty of her own prodigious mind, fertilized by inexhaustible curiosity.

  Tim LaHaye

  Curiosity, Mind, Horns

  Tim LaHaye, Jerry B. Jenkins (2013). “The Rising: Antichrist is Born / Before They Were Left Behind”, p.10, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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• I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

  Bob Newhart

  Quiet, Minimalist

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• Alone had always felt like an actual place to me, as if it weren't a state of being, but rather a room where I could retreat to be who I really was.

  Cheryl Strayed

  Inspirational, Life Changing, Rooms

  Cheryl Strayed (2012). “Wild: A Journey from Lost to Found”, p.107, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Introverts need to trust their gut and share their ideas as powerfully as they can.

  Susan Cain

  Ideas, Needs, Share

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.173, Broadway Books

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• In order to be open to creativity, one must have the capacity for constructive use of solitude. One must overcome the fear of being alone.

  Rollo May

  Inspirational, Quiet People, Being Alone

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• ...because I rant not, neither rave of what I feel, can you be so shallow as to dream that I feel nothing?

  R.D. Blackmore

  Dream, Rave, Shallow

  M. J. Porteus, R.D. Blackmore (2014). “Lorna Doone: The Wild and Wanton Edition”, p.93, Crimson Romance

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• In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

  Criss Jami

  Differences, Extroverts, Guilty

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.95, Criss Jami

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• ... all this talking, this rather liquid confessing, was something I didn't think I could ever bring myself to do. It seemed foolhardy to me, like an uncooked egg deciding to to come out of its shell: there would be a risk of spreading out too far, turning into a formless puddle.

  Margaret Atwood

  Thinking, Talking, Eggs

  Margaret Atwood (1999). “The Edible Woman”, Emblem Editions

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• Everyone shines, given the right lighting.

  Susan Cain

  Shining, Given, Lighting

  "Seen but not heard: the introverts in our classrooms" by Genevieve White, www.theguardian.com. May 2, 2012.

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• Most people in politics draw energy from backslapping and shaking hands and all that. I draw energy from discussing ideas.

  Al Gore

  Hands, Ideas, People

  "Draft Gore Movement Picks Up Steam" by Bill Katovsky, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 1, 2007.

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• Leave an extrovert alone for two minutes and he will reach for his cell phone. In contrast, after an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge. My own formula is roughly two hours alone for every hour of socializing. This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression. It does not call for medication. For introverts, to be alone with our thoughts is as restorative as sleeping, as nourishing as eating. Our motto: I'm okay, you're okay-in small doses.

  Jonathan Rauch

  Sleep, Phones, Cells

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• A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

  Oscar Wilde

  Bores You, Boredom, Solitude

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• After an hour or two of being socially on, we introverts need to turn off and recharge ... This isn't antisocial. It isn't a sign of depression.

  Jonathan Rauch

  Two, Needs, Extroverts

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• Let's clear one thing up: Introverts do not hate small talk because we dislike people. We hate small talk because we hate the barrier it creates between people.

  Laurie Helgoe

  Hate, People, Clear

  Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.146, Sourcebooks, Inc.

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• Introverts living under the Extroversion Ideal are like women in a man's world, discounted because of a trait that goes to the core of who they are.

  Susan Cain

  Men, World, Extroverts

  Susan Cain (2012). “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking”, p.4, Broadway Books

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